Predicating

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

  Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Predicating}.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of
     praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See {Preach}.]
     1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of
        another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
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     2. To found; to base. [U.S.]
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     Note: 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.
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