predicatively used adjectives. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : His retraction predicates a change of attitude. ,He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : a predicate noun. From Dictionary.com.
But whereas the full power set operation is iterated to obtain the cumulative hierarchy, the levels of the constructible hierarchy are defined strictly predicatively, that is by including at the next level only those sets which are first order definable using parameters from the previous level. From Wordnik.com. [Kurt Gödel] Reference
An entity occurs as concept when it occurs predicatively, i.e., only as part of the assertion made about the things occurring as term. From Wordnik.com. [Russell's Logical Atomism] Reference
Feferman, for instance, argues that all the mathematical theories that are essentially used in our currently best scientific theories are predicatively reducible (Feferman 2005). From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
Also those sets of numbers that can be defined by using quantification over the sets that Weyl regarded as predicatively justified, should be counted as predicatively acceptable, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy of Mathematics] Reference
Another possibility is to say that certain of the historical and/or modal predicates possessed by Tibbles and not Tib are essential to being a cat, so that Tib is not (predicatively) a cat Wiggins. From Wordnik.com. [Identity] Reference
Russell now held the view that whenever a proposition apparently involves a relation or quality occurring as logical subject, it is capable of being analyzed into a form in which the relation or quality occurs predicatively. From Wordnik.com. [Russell's Logical Atomism] Reference
The explanation of “secondary intelligibles” is that man Conceives the realities of things (haqâ'iq al-ashyâ™) in the first place, then qualifies some with others either restrictively or predicatively (hukman taqyîdiyyan aw khabariyyan). From Wordnik.com. [Arabic and Islamic Philosophy of Language and Logic] Reference
A participle may be used predicatively with a form of "esti", as. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
I would go further to say it may be a past participle used predicatively as an adjective. From Wordnik.com. Reference
˜predicative™ would be characterized by a certain limitation of the size of classes which can be predicatively defined. From Wordnik.com. [Paradoxes and Contemporary Logic] Reference
Possessive adjectives may be used predicatively, as "the book is mine," or may modify some word or words not expressed, as "mine are large.". From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
How he will exercise greater centralized control will be "dominated by White House policy 'czars' in areas of particular importance to the President," the firm said predicatively. From Wordnik.com. [FrontPage Magazine] Reference
"AnswerOn has been partnering with Cincinnati Bell since 2004 to predicatively identify and proactively target customers likely to churn. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
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