'Predicated' definitions:
Definition of 'Predicated'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To found; to base. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'predicated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affirmed,
- alleged,
- announced,
- asserted,
- asseverated,
- attested,
- averred,
- avouched,
- avowed,
- based on,
- boxed in,
- certified,
- circumscribed by,
- contingent,
- contingent on,
- declared,
- dependent,
- dependent on,
- depending,
- depending on,
- depending on circumstances,
- deposed,
- enunciated,
- hedged about by,
- hinging on,
- incident to,
- incidental to,
- manifestoed,
- pledged,
- predicated on,
- professed,
- pronounced,
- revolving on,
- stated,
- subject to,
- sworn,
- sworn to,
- turning on,
- vouched,
- vouched for,
- vowed,
- warranted