PREDICATIVE
Pred"i*ca*tive, a. Etym: [L. praedicativus.]
Defn: Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. — Pred"i*ca*tive*ly, adv.
PREDICATORY
Pred"i*ca*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. L. praedicatorius praising.]
Defn: Affirmative; positive. Bp. Hall.
PREDICROTIC
Pre`di*crot"ic, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: 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", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Predicting.] Etym: [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict;
prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. Preach.]
Defn: 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", n.