Predestinary Pre·des"ti·na·ry adjective Predestinarian. [ Obsolete] Heylin.

Predestinate Pre·des"ti·nate adjective [ Latin praedestinatus , past participle of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See Destine .] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched face." Shak.

Predestinate Pre·des"ti·nate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Predestinated ; present participle & verbal noun Predestinating .] [ Confer Predestine .] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect.

Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.

Rom. viii. 29.

Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.

Predestination Pre·des`ti·na"tion noun [ Latin praedestinatio : confer French prédestination .] 1. The act of predestinating.

Predestination had overruled their will.

Milton.

2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism .

Predestinative Pre·des"ti·na·tive adjective Determining beforehand; predestinating. [ R.] Coleridge.

Predestinator Pre·des"ti·na`tor noun [ Confer French prédestinateur .] 1. One who predestinates, or foreordains.

2. One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. Cowley.

Predestine Pre·des"tine transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Predestined ; present participle & verbal noun Predestining .] [ Confer French prédestiner . See Predestinate .] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young.

Predestiny Pre·des"ti·ny noun Predestination. [ Obsolete]

Predeterminable Pre`de·ter"mi·na·ble adjective Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.

Predeterminate Pre`de·ter"mi·nate adjective Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.

Predetermination Pre`de·ter`mi·na"tion noun [ Confer French prédétermination .] The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.

Predetermine Pre`de·ter"mine transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Predetermined ; present participle & verbal noun Predermining .] [ Prefix pre- + determine : confer French prédéterminer .] 1. To determine (something) beforehand. Sir M. Hale.

2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

Predetermine Pre`de·ter"mine intransitive verb To determine beforehand.

Predial Pre"di·al adjective [ Latin praedium a farm, estate: confer French prédial .] 1. Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real estate. Ayliffe.

2. Attached to land or farms; as, predial slaves.

3. Issuing or derived from land; as, predial tithes.

Prediastolic Pre·di`as·tol"ic adjective (Physiol.) Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound.

Predicability Pred`i·ca·bil"i·ty noun The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something. Reid.

Predicable Pred"i·ca·ble adjective [ Confer French prédicable , Latin praedicabilis praiseworthy. See Predicate .] Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.

Predicable Pred"i·ca·ble noun 1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.

2. (Logic) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

Predicament Pre·dic"a·ment noun [ Confer French prédicament , Latin praedicamentum . See Predicate .] 1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. "O woeful sympathy; piteous predicament !" Shak.

2. (Logic) See Category .

Syn. -- Category; condition; state; plight.

Predicamental Pre·dic`a·men"tal adjective Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall (1646).

Predicant Pred"i·cant adjective [ Latin praedicans , -antis , present participle of praedicare . See Predicate .] Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching. "The Roman predicant orders." N. Brit. Rev.

Predicant Pred"i·cant noun One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.

Predicate Pred"i·cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Predicated ; present participle & verbal noun Predicating .] [ Latin praedicatus , past participle 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.

2. To found; to base. [ U.S.]

» 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.

Predicate Pred"i·cate intransitive verb To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale.

Predicate Pred"i·cate noun [ Latin praedicatum , neut. of praedicatus , past participle praedicare : confer French prédicat . See Predicate , transitive verb ] 1. (Logic) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, " Paper is white ," " Ink is not white ," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.

2. (Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.

Syn. -- Affirmation; declaration.

Predicate Pred"i·cate adjective [ Latin praedicatus , past participle ] Predicated.

Predication Pred`i·ca"tion noun [ Latin praedicatio : confer French prédication .] 1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. Locke.

2. Preaching. [ Obsolete or Scot.] Chaucer.

Predicative Pred"i·ca·tive adjective [ Latin praedicativus .] Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred"i*ca*tive*ly , adverb

Predicatory Pred"i·ca·to·ry adjective [ Confer Latin praedicatorius praising.] Affirmative; positive. Bp. Hall.

Predicrotic Pre`di·crot"ic adjective (Physiol.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.

The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e. , where the blood pressure is high.

Landois & Stirling.

Predict Pre·dict" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Predicted ; present participle & verbal noun Predicting .] [ Latin praedictus , past participle of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction , and confer Preach .] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

Syn. -- To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode.

Predict Pre·dict" noun A prediction. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Predictable Pre·dict"a·ble adjective That may be predicted.

Prediction Pre·dic"tion noun [ Latin praedictio : confer French prédiction .] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.

The predictions of cold and long winters.

Bacon.

Syn. -- Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination; soothsaying; vaticination.

Predictional Pre·dic"tion·al adjective Prophetic; prognostic. [ R.]

Predictive Pre·dict"ive adjective [ Latin praedictivus .] Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. - - Pre*dict"ive*ly , adverb

Predictor Pre·dict"or noun One who predicts; a foreteller.

Predictory Pre·dict"o·ry adjective Predictive. [ R.] Fuller.

Predigest Pre`di·gest" transitive verb (Medicine) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.

Predigestion Pre`di·ges"tion noun 1. Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion. [ Obsolete] Bacon.

2. (Medicine) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.

Predilect Pre`di·lect" transitive verb To elect or choose beforehand. [ R.] Walter Harte.

Predilection Pre`di·lec"tion noun [ Prefix pre- + Latin dilectus , past participle diligere to prefer: confer French prédilection . See Diligent .] A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke.

Prediscover Pre`dis·cov"er transitive verb To discover beforehand.

Prediscovery Pre`dis·cov"er·y noun A previous discovery.

Predisponency Pre`dis·po"nen·cy noun The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [ R.]

Predisponent Pre`dis·po"nent adjective Disposing beforehand; predisposing. -- noun That which predisposes.

Predisponent causes . (Medicine) See Predisposing causes , under Predispose . Dunglison.

Predispose Pre`dis·pose" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Predisposed ; present participle & verbal noun Predisposing .] [ Prefix pre- + dispose : confer French prédisposer .] 1. To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

2. To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.

Predisposing causes (Medicine) , causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.

Predisposition Pre·dis`po·si"tion noun [ Prefix pre- + disposition : confer French prédisposition .] 1. The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.

2. Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease.

Predominance Pre·dom"i·nance noun [ Confer French prédominance .] 1. The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.

The predominance of conscience over interest.

South.

2. (Astrol.) The superior influence of a planet. Shak.

Predominancy Pre·dom"i·nan·cy noun Predominance. Bacon.

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