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Webster 1913 Edition

Predicable

Pred′i-ca-ble

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
prédicable
, L.
praedicabilis
praiseworthy. See
Predicate
.]
Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.

Pred′i-ca-ble

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Predicable

PRED'ICABLE

,
Adj.
[L. proedicabilis, from proedico, to affirm; proe and dico, to say.] That may be affirmed of something; that may be attributed to. Animal is predicable of man. Intelligence is not predicable of plants. More or less is not predicable of a circle or of a square. Whiteness is not predicable of time.

PRED'ICABLE

,
Noun.
One of the five things which can be affirmed of any thing. Genus, species, difference, property, and accident are the five predicables.

Definition 2024

predicable

predicable

English

Adjective

predicable ‎(not comparable)

  1. Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
  2. (grammar, of an adjective) That may be used in the predicate of a sentence, especially following a form of the verb "to be".

Translations

Noun

predicable ‎(plural predicables)

  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.

Related terms

External links

  • predicable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • predicable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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