Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 109

Predecessive (a.) Going before; preceding.

Predecessor (n.) One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.

Predeclare (v. t.) To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce.

Prededication (n.) A dedication made previously or beforehand.

Predefine (v. t.) To define beforehand.

Predeliberation (n.) Previous deliberation.

Predelineation (n.) Previous delineation.

Predella (n.) The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.

Predesign (v. t.) To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine.

Predesignate (a.) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.

Predestinarian (a.) Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy.

Predestinarian (n.) One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination.

Predestinarianism (n.) The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.

Predestinary (a.) Predestinarian.

Predestinate (a.) Predestinated; foreordained; fated.

Predestinated (imp. & p. p.) of Predestinate

Predestinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predestinate

Predestinate (v. t.) To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect.

Predestination (n.) The act of predestinating.

Predestination (n.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.

Predestinative (a.) Determining beforehand; predestinating.

Predestinator (n.) One who predestinates, or foreordains.

Predestinator (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian.

Predestined (imp. & p. p.) of Predestine

Predestining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predestine

Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.

Predestiny (n.) Predestination.

Predeterminable (a.) Capable of being determined beforehand.

Predeterminate (a.) Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.

Predetermination (n.) The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.

Predetermined (imp. & p. p.) of Predetermine

Predermining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predetermine

Predetermine (v. t.) To determine (something) beforehand.

Predetermine (v. t.) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

Predetermine (v. i.) To determine beforehand.

Predial (a.) Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real estate.

Predial (a.) Attached to land or farms; as, predial slaves.

Predial (a.) Issuing or derived from land; as, predial tithes.

Prediastolic (a.) Preceding the diastole of the heart; as, a prediastolic friction sound.

Predicability (n.) The quality or state of being predicable, or affirmable of something, or attributed to something.

Predicable (a.) Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.

Predicable (n.) Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.

Predicable (n.) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

Predicament (n.) A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition.

Predicament (n.) See Category.

Predicamental (a.) Of or pertaining to a predicament.

Predicant (a.) Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching.

Predicant (n.) One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.

Predicated (imp. & p. p.) of Predicate

Predicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predicate

Predicate (v. t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

Predicate (v. t.) To found; to base.

Predicate (v. i.) To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.

Predicate (v. t.) 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.

Predicate (v. t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.

Predicate (a.) Predicated.

Predication (n.) The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.

Predication (n.) Preaching.

Predicative (a.) Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term.

Predicatory (a.) Affirmative; positive.

Predicrotic (a.) A term applied to the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave.

Predicted (imp. & p. p.) of Predict

Predicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predict

Predict (v. t.) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

Predict (n.) A prediction.

Predictable (a.) That may be predicted.

Prediction (n.) The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.

Predictional (a.) Prophetic; prognostic.

Predictive (a.) Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding.

Predictor (n.) One who predicts; a foreteller.

Predictory (a.) Predictive.

Predigest (v. t.) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.

Predigestion (n.) Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion.

Predigestion (n.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.

Predilect (v. t.) To elect or choose beforehand.

Predilection (n.) A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.

Prediscover (v. t.) To discover beforehand.

Prediscovery (n.) A previous discovery.

Predisponency (n.) The state of being predisposed; predisposition.

Predisponent (a.) Disposing beforehand; predisposing.

Predisponent (n.) That which predisposes.

Predisposed (imp. & p. p.) of Predispose

Predisposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predispose

Predispose (v. t.) To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

Predispose (v. t.) To make fit or susceptible beforehand; to give a tendency to; as, debility predisposes the body to disease.

Predisposition (n.) The act of predisposing, or the state of being predisposed; previous inclination, tendency, or propensity; predilection; -- applied to the mind; as, a predisposition to anger.

Predisposition (n.) Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease.

Predominance (n.) The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.

Predominance (n.) The superior influence of a planet.

Predominancy (n.) Predominance.

Predominant (a.) Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.

Predominantly (adv.) In a predominant manner.

Predominated (imp. & p. p.) of Predominate

Predominating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predominate

Predominate (v. i.) To be superior in number, strength, influence, or authority; to have controlling power or influence; to prevail; to rule; to have the mastery; as, love predominated in her heart.

Predominate (v. t.) To rule over; to overpower.

Predomination (n.) The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance.

Predoom (v. t.) To foredoom.

Predorsal (a.) Situated in front of the back; immediately in front, or on the ventral side the dorsal part of the vertebral column.

Predy (a.) Cleared and ready for engagement, as a ship.

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