Categorematic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Categorematic \Cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic\, a. [Gr. ? predicate. See
     {Category}.] (Logic.)
     Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a
     word.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  categorematic
       adj : of a term or phrase capable of standing as the subject or
             (especially) the predicate of a proposition [ant: {syncategorematic}]