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predicate
verb
past tense: predicated; past participle: predicated
/ˈprɛdɪkeɪt/
1.
Grammar•Logic
state, affirm, or assert (something) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition.
"a word which predicates something about its subject"
2.
found or base something on.
"the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated"
Similar:
base
be dependent
found
establish
rest