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pred·i·ca·ble | \ ˈpre-di-kə-bəl 
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\Definition of predicable
(Entry 1 of 2)
: something that may be predicated especially : one of the five most general kinds of attribution in traditional logic that include genus, species, difference, property, and accident
predicable
adjectiveDefinition of predicable (Entry 2 of 2)
: capable of being asserted
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The first known use of predicable was in 1547
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