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Meaning of PREDICABLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Pred"i*ca*ble\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]dicable, L.
    praedicabilis praiseworthy. See {Predicate}.]
    Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something;
    affirmable; attributable.
    
  2. \Pred"i*ca*ble\, n.
    1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general
       attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to,
       many individuals.
    2. (Logic) One of the five most general relations of
       attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely,
       genus, species, difference, property, and accident.
    
 
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