Predicable

[predikәbl]

Definition

(a.) Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.

(n.) Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.

(n.) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Affirmable.

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Definition

adj. that may be predicated or affirmed of something: attributable.—n. anything that can be predicated of another or esp. of many others: one of the five attributes—genus species difference property and accident.—n. Predicabil′ity quality of being predicable.

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