predicate
noun
• the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home ).
• something which is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition.
predicate
verb
• state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition.
• "a word which predicates something about its subject"
• found or base something on.
• "the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated"
Origin:
late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin praedicatum ‘something declared’, neuter of praedicatus ‘declared, proclaimed’, past participle of the verb praedicare, from prae ‘beforehand’ + dicare ‘make known’.
