Definitions for: Predication

[n] (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument

Webster (1913) Definition: Pred`i*ca"tion, n. [L. praedicatio: cf. F.
pr['e]dication.]
1. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of
another; affirmation; assertion. --Locke.

2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] --Chaucer.

Synonyms: postulation

See Also: declaration