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predicative
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective predicative has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
predicative, a. [L. praedicativus.].
Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
predicative, adj.
1 Gram. (of an adjective or noun) forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog) and house in there is a large house (opp. ATTRIBUTIVE).
2 that predicates.
1 Gram. (of an adjective or noun) forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog) and house in there is a large house (opp. ATTRIBUTIVE).
2 that predicates.
Derivative
predicatively adv.
Etymology
L praedicativus (as PREDICATE)
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