• one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the Predicate contains the verb and its complements
• (logic) what is Predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is Predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man'' Predicates manhood of Socrates"
• involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is Predicated on understanding it well"
• affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech Predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
• make the (grammatical) Predicate in a proposition; "The Predicate `dog'' is Predicated of the subject `Fido'' in the sentence `Fido is a dog''"

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