First Known Use: 1551
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1predicable
noun pred·i·ca·ble \ˈpre-di-kə-bəl\
Definition of PREDICABLE
: something that may be predicated; especially : one of the five most general kinds of attribution in traditional logic that include genus, species, difference, property, and accident
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Origin of PREDICABLE
Medieval Latin praedicabile, from neuter of praedicabilis
Rhymes with PREDICABLE
2predicable
adjective
Definition of PREDICABLE
: capable of being asserted
Origin of PREDICABLE
Medieval Latin praedicabilis, from Late Latin praedicare to predicate
First Known Use: circa 1598
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