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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   predicate
       n 1: (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition;
            the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first
            term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man'
            predicates manhood of Socrates"
       2: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate
          contains the verb and its complements [syn: predicate,
          verb phrase]
       v 1: make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The
            predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the
            sentence `Fido is a dog'"
       2: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech
          predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
          [syn: predicate, proclaim]
       3: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic;
          "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
          [syn: connote, predicate]