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Predicate

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

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Assert 76% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

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Asseverate 76% connected

To affirm or aver positively, or with solemnity.

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Imply 76% connected

To infold or involve; to wrap up.

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Maintain 76% connected

To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintai…

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Phrase 76% connected

A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as,…

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Term 76% connected

That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

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Predication 74% connected

The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.

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Predication 74% connected

The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.

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Predicative 74% connected

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

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Predicative 74% connected

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

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Synonym 2

Connote 92% connected

To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Proclaim 92% connected

To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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