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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Predicat, n. [Late and med. L. prædicatum, F. prédicat (Oresme 1391), and cf. e.m.E. predicate as the term of logic (1612), in the grammatical use (a 1638), but not in the following precise sense before the 19th c. in Eng.] A quality or attribute. —1490 Irland Mir. I 158/21.
For the perfecciounis and predicatis of God are verefiit of man, and thai that convenis to man we graunt to God
