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   Pred·i·cate

   noun

   • 1. the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g., went home in John went home): "predicate adjective"
   • ▪ something that is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition.

   verb

   • 1. state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition: "a word that predicates something about its subject"
   • 2. found or base something on: "the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated"

   Word 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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. predication noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • D

     2

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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