Both Uses of
predicated
in
The Pardoner's Tale
- Bulles of popes, and of cardinales, Of patriarchs, and of bishops I shew, And in Latin I speak a wordes few, To savour with my predication, And for to stir men to devotion Then show I forth my longe crystal stones, Y-crammed fall of cloutes* and of bones; *rags, fragments Relics they be, as *weene they* each one.†
- <5> For certes *many a predication *preaching is often inspired Cometh oft-time of evil intention;* by evil motives* Some for pleasance of folk, and flattery, To be advanced by hypocrisy; And some for vainglory, and some for hate.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(predicated as in: predicated upon) to indicate that something is a necessary condition for another thing to be true or to happen
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The noun form predicate is also used with many other meanings. For example, it refers to one of the two main parts of any sentence.
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions such as one used in formal logic.