Definitions for predicable

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predicable pred·i·ca·ble

Spelling: [pred-i-kuh-buh l]

IPA: /ˈprɛd ɪ kə bəl/

Predicable is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 755 anagrams from letters in predicable (abcdeeilpr).

Definitions for predicable

noun

1. that which may be predicated; an attribute.
2. Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.

adjective

1. that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.

Origin of predicable

1545-55; Latin praedicābilis assertable, Latin: praiseworthy, equivalent to praedicā(re) to declare publicly (see predicate) + -bilis -ble

Examples for predicable

The rest is boring and predicable to explain in a general way, though often fascinating in practice.

In connection with definition, the fifth predicable, difference, is useful.

The American press also displayed a predicable range of praise and savagery.

Of things themselves some are predicable of a subject, and are never present in a subject.

Whatever is predicable of a whole distributively is predicable of all its several parts.

Thus 'man' is predicable of the individual man, and is never present in a subject.

Thus while knowledge is present in the human mind, it is predicable of grammar.

Much the same appears to be at present predicable of the publisher.

Thus, both the name and the definition of the species are predicable of the individual.

A Gallup poll last week highlighted the sad but predicable racial divide in perceptions of the Martin case.