to assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.-to found; to base.-to affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.-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.-the word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.-predicated.