predial, prædial

[Fr. prédial, from Lat. prædium=an estate, a farm.] 1. Consisting of lands or farms; landed, real. "Their predial estates are liable to fiscal payments and taxes."- Ayliffe : Parergon. Soul , ii. 265. B. As subst.: Anything that may be predicated or affirmed of something; spec if. in logic a term that may be affirmatively predicated of several others. pre-dic-a-ment, s. [Low Lat. prædicamentum , from Lat. prædicatus , pa. par. of prædico =to pub lish, to proclaim; Fr. prédicament ; Sp. & Ital. predicamento.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Cla or kind defined or described by any definite marks or qualities; a category. 2. A particular state, condition, or position; especially a state or position of difficulty, trial, or danger. "In which predicament I say thou stand'st." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, iv. 1. II. Logic : [CATEGORY, 1, 1.] pre-dic-a-ment-al, a . [Eng. predicament ; -al.] Pertaining or relating to predicaments. "A specificial diversity among our predicamental opposites."- Glanvill . Scepsis Scientific a , ch. xxiv. of prædico =to proclaim, to publish.] [PREDIpred-1-cant, s. & a. [Lat. prædicans, pr. par. CATE, v.] IMG:content-1456.png:[blocks in formation] ( U S. ) B. In trans.: To affirm something of another; to make an affirmation. prěd-I-cate, a. & s. [Lat. prædicatus , pa. par. of prædico .] [PREDICATE, V.] *A. As adj .: Predicated, affirmed. B. As substantive : ( Fr.prédicat .) 1. Gram.: The word or words in a proposition which expre what is affirmed or denied of the subject. 2. Logic : The term in a proposition, expre ing that quality which, by the copula, is affirmed or denied of the subject. Thus, in the propositions, Snow is white , Coal is not white , whitene is the quality affirmed of snow, and denied of coal. In both cases, therefore, the term "white" is the predicate. prěd-I-ca-tion, subst . [Lat. prædicatio , from prædicatus , pa. par. of prædico to proclaim; Fr. prédication ; Sp. predicacion ; Ital. predicazione .] [PREDICATE, v .] 1 The act of predicating or affirming one thing of another; affirmation, a ertion. *2. That which is predicated or affirmed; a predi cate. *3. The act or art of delivering sermons; preaching. "The powerful predications of thine holy apostles."Bp. Hall Mystery of Godline , § 8. prěd-I-ca-tive, adj. [Eng. predicat (e); -ive.] Expre ing affirmation or predication; predicating, affirming. "The predicative or verbal roots." -Whitney: Life and Growth of Language , ch. x. boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, çell, chorus, chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; predisposition prěd-1-ca-tor-ý, Predicating, affirmative, positive. -tor-y, adj. [Latin prædicatorius.) pre-di-crot-ic, adj. [Pref. pre-, and English dicrotic.] Physiol.: An epithet applied to a pulse wave in an artery a little before the dicrotic one. ( Foster .) pre-dict', v . t [Lat prædict us , pa. par. of præ dico to tell before: præbefore, and dico =to tell; Fr. prédire ; Ital. predicere , predire ; Sp. predecir .] To tell beforehand; to foretell, to prophesy, to foreknow, to forebode, to prognosticate. "Things long before predicted to us." - Cudworth: Intell. System, p. 267. *pre-dict', s . [PREDICT, v .] A prediction; prophecy. ( Shakesp .: Sonnet 14.) prædict us; Sp.prediccion; Ital. predizione.] [PREprě-dic-tion, s. (Fr., from Lat. prædictio, from DICT, v.] ing future events. 2. That which is predicted or prophesied; a prophecy. 1. The act of predicting, foretelling, or prophesy IMG:content-1457.png:[blocks in formation] were observed pre dictional. "