Pred"i*ca*tive (?), a. [L. praedicativus.] Expressing affirmation or
predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. --
Pred"i*ca*tive*ly, adv.
Pred"i*ca*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. L. praedicatorius praising.] Affirmative;
positive. Bp. Hall.
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Pre`di*crot"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) A term applied to the pulse wave
sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the
curve and the dicrotic wave.
The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i.
e., where the blood pressure is high.
Landois & Stirling.
Pre*dict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Predicting.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae
before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. Preach.] To tell or
declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to
predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.
Syn. -- To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
foreshow; bode.
Pre*dict", n. A prediction. [Obs.] Shak.
Pre*dict"a*ble (?), a. That may be predicted.
Pre*dic"tion (?), n. [L. praedictio: cf. F. prÈdiction.] The act of
foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.
The predictions of cold and long winters.
Bacon.
Syn. -- Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination;
soothsaying; vaticination.