Predesignate

1 definition found

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

  Predesignate \Pre*des"ig*nate\, a. (Logic)
     A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions
     having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all,
     none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining
     propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.
     [1913 Webster]