Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRED'I-CATE
PRED'I-CATE, n.
In logic, that which, in a proposition, is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, “paper is white,” “ink is not white,” whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper, and denied of ink. – Watts.
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