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. prÈdicat. 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.
Pred`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. praedicatio: cf. F. prÈdication.] 1. The act
of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation;
assertion. Locke.