Predicate

This word is often very incorrectly used in the sense of to base ; as, "He predicates his opinion on insufficient data." Then we sometimes hear people talk about predicating an action upon certain information or upon somebody's statement. To predicate means primarily to speak before , and has come to be properly used in the sense of a umed or believed to be the consequence of. Examples: "Contentment is predicated of virtue"; "Good health may be predicated of a good constitution." He who is not very sure that he uses the word correctly would do better not to use it at all. Prejudice—Prepo e . Both these words mean, to incline in one direction or the other for some reason not founded in justice; but by common consent prejudice has come to be used in an unfavorable sense, and prepo e in a favorable one. Thus, we say, "He is prejudiced against him," and "He is prepo e ed in his favor." We sometimes hear the expre ion, "He is prejudiced in his favor," but this can not be accounted a good use of the word.