Predicable
adjective
1.
that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
noun
2.
that which may be predicated; an attribute.
3.
Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.
adjective
1.
capable of being predicated or asserted
noun
2.
a quality, attribute, etc, that can be predicated
3.
(logic, obsolete) one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates (the five heads of predicables), namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation
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