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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pred•i•ca•ble (pred′i kə bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - that may be predicated or affirmed;
assertable.
n. - that which may be predicated;
an attribute. - Philosophy[Logic.]any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.
- Latin praedicābilis assertable, Latin: praiseworthy, equivalent. to praedicā(re) to declare publicly (see predicate) + -bilis -ble
- 1545–55
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: predicable /ˈprɛdɪkəbəl/ adj - capable of being predicated or asserted
n - a quality, attribute, etc, that can be predicated
- obsolete one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates (the five heads of predicables), namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin praedicābilis, from praedicāre to assert publicly; see predicate, preachˌpredicaˈbility, ˈpredicableness n |