1. (v. t.) To found; to base\.

2. (v. t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

3. (v. i.) To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.

4. (v. t.) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, Paper is white, Ink is not white, whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.

5. (n.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.

6. (a.) Predicated.

IC analysis advance affirm affirmance affirmation allegation allege announce announcement annunciate annunciation appositive argue assert assertion assever asseverate asseveration attribute attributive aver averment avouch avouchment avow avowal bottom complement conclusion construction modifier contend creed cutting declaration declare deep structure depose dictum direct object enunciate enunciation establish express filler form-function unit found function ground have hold immediate constituent analysis indirect object insist ipse dixit issue a manifesto lay down levels maintain manifesto modifier object phrase structure pose posit position position paper positive declaration postulate predication proclaim proclamation profess profession pronounce pronouncement propose proposition propound protest protestation put put it qualifier ranks rest say say-so saying set down set forth shallow structure slot slot and filler speak speak out speak up stance stand stand for stand on state statement stay strata structure subject submit surface structure syntactic analysis syntactic structure syntactics syntax tagmeme underlying structure utterance vouch word word arrangement word order