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Definition of Predicatory
1. a. Affirmative; positive.
Definition of Predicatory
1. Adjective. affirmative; positive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predicatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predicatory
Literary usage of Predicatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1893)
"As we have seen in the predicatory cases, chorea seems to hold control of the
other complications. It monopolizes, as it were, the attention of the ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... a. predicatory (rare), predicant (rare). Cross references: see Note. praiseful:
laudatory. prank, n.: frolic, caper, jest. prank, r. /. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"Affirmation concerning anything ; declaration of any position.
predicatory, (pred'-de-ka-tni-e)o. Affirmative ; positive ; decisive. ..."
4. Fors Clavigera: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain by John Ruskin (1877)
"Their slightly predicatory character must be pardoned, as long as our Bishops
have no time to attend to these trifling affairs of the profane world. ..."
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