Predicative

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

  Predicative \Pred"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. praedicativus.]
     Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming;
     predicating, as, a predicative term. -- {Pred"i*ca*tive*ly},
     adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  predicative
       adj : of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate
             of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in
             `the apple is red'" [ant: {attributive}]