\Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of
praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.]
1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of
   another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for
      found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain
      principles; to predicate a statement on information
      received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only
      in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of
      another. ``Similitude is not predicated of essences or
      substances, but of figures and qualities only.''
      --Cudworth.

\Pred"i*cate\, v. i.
To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
--Sir M. Hale.

\Pred"i*cate\, n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of
praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. pr['e]dicat. See
{Predicate}, v. t.]
1. (Logic) That which 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.
2. (Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express
   what is affirmed of the subject.
Syn: Affirmation; declaration.

\Pred"i*cate\, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.]
Predicated.