predicable

(pred′i kə bəl)

adjective

capable of being predicated

Origin: ML praedicabilis < L, praiseworthy < praedicare: see preach

noun

something predicable
Logic any of the several sorts of predicate that can be used of a subject, as, in Aristotelian logic, genus, species, difference, property, and accident

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See predicable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

That can be stated or predicated: a predicable conclusion.

noun

Something, such as a general quality or attribute, that can be predicated.
Logic One of the general attributes of a subject or class. In scholastic thought, the attributes are genus, species, property, differentia, and accident; in Aristotelian thought, they are definition, genus, proprium, and accident.

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Origin: Late Latin praedicābilis

Origin: , from praedicāre, to proclaim publicly, preach, predicate; see preach

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