Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 109
Predecessive (a.) 存在（或發生）於早一些的時間的 Going before; preceding. "Our predecessive students." -- Massinger.
Predecessive (a.) (Rare) That has gone before; (immediately) preceding.
Predecessor (n.) [C] 前任；前輩；（被取代的）原有事物 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.
A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been over the interests of the state. -- Prescott.
Predecessor (n.) One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office).
Predecessor (n.) Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone [syn: harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor].
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Predecessor () The ancestor node in a tree that points to the current node (one of its child nodes). (2005-09-15)
Predecessor () One who has preceded another.
Predecessor () This term is applied in particular to corporators who are now no longer such, and whose rights have been vested in their successor; the word ancestor is more usually applicable to common persons. The predecessor in a corporation stands in the same relation to the successor, that the ancestor does to the heir.
Predecessor () The term predecessor is also used to designate one who has filled an office or station before the present incumbent.
Predeclare (v. t.) To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. -- Milman.
Prededication (n.) A dedication made previously or beforehand.
Predefine (v. t.) 預先確定 To define beforehand.
Predeliberation (n.) Previous deliberation.
Predelineation (n.) Previous delineation.
Predella (n.) [It.] 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. -- Mitford.
Predesignate (a.) (Logic.) 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.) 宿命論的；信仰宿命論的 Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. -- Waterland.
Predestinarian (n.) 宿命論者 One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination. -- Dr. H. More.
Predestinarian (a.) Of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination.
Predestinarian (n.) Anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny [syn: fatalist, determinist, predestinarian, predestinationist].
Predestinarianism (n.) The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.
Predestinarianism (n.) The belief or doctrine of predestinarians.
Predestinary (a.) Predestinarian. [Obs.] -- Heylin.
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. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Predestinator (n.) One who predestinates, or foreordains.
Predestinator (n.) One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. -- Cowley.
Predestined (imp. & p. p.) of Predestine
Predestining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predestine
Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. -- Young.
Predestine (v.) Decree or determine beforehand.
Predestine (v.) Foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain].
Predestine (v.) Foreordain or determine beforehand [syn: predestine, foreordain, preordain].
Predestiny (n.) Predestination. [Obs.]
Predeterminable (a.) Capable of being determined beforehand. -- Coleridge.
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. -- Hammond.
Predetermined (imp. & p. p.) of Predetermine.
Predermining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predetermine.
Predetermine (v. t.) To determine (something) beforehand. -- Sir M. Hale.
Predetermine (v. t.) To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
Predetermine (v. i.) To determine beforehand.
Predetermine (v.) Determine beforehand.
Predetermine (v.) Cause to be biased [syn: bias, predetermine].
Predial (a.) Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real estate. -- Ayliffe.
Predial (a.) Attached to land or farms; as, predial slaves.
Predial (a.) Issuing or derived from land; as, predial tithes.
Prediastolic (a.) (Physiol.) 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. -- Reid.
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.) (Logic) 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. "O woeful sympathy; piteous predicament!" -- Shak.
Predicament (n.) (Logic) See Category.
Syn: Category; condition; state; plight.
Predicament (n.) A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" [syn: predicament, quandary, plight].
Predicamental (a.) Of or pertaining to a predicament. -- John Hall (1646).
Predicant (a.) Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming; hence; preaching. "The Roman predicant orders." -- N. Brit. Rev.
Predicant (n.) One who predicates, affirms, or proclaims; specifically, a preaching friar; a Dominican.
Compare: Blackfriar, Black friar.
Blackfriar, Black friar. (Eccl.) A friar of the Dominican order, so named because wearing the black mantle of the Dominicans; -- called also predicant and preaching friar; in France, Jacobin. Also, sometimes, a Benedictine.
Syn: Dominican.
Predicated (imp. & p. p.) of Predicate
Predicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predicate
Predicate (v. t.) 斷言，斷定；肯定 [+that] [O2] [（+of）]；使基於，使取決於 [H] [+on/ upon]；意味，暗示 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. [U. S.]
Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. "Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only." -- Cudworth.
Predicate (v. i.) 作出論斷，斷言 To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
Predicate (n.) (Logic.) 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 (n.) (Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
Syn: Affirmation; declaration.
Predicate (a.) Predicated.
Predicate (n.) (Logic) What is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates".
Predicate (n.) One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements [syn: predicate, verb phrase].
Predicate (v.) Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'".
Predicate (v.) Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: predicate, proclaim].
Predicate (v.) Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" [syn: connote, predicate].
Predication (n.) 斷定；斷言；【文】述詞；【邏】謂項 The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion. -- Locke.
Compare: Affirmation
Affirmation (n.) [Mass noun] 斷言；肯定；證實；批准 The action or process of affirming something.
‘He nodded in affirmation.’
[Count noun] ‘An affirmation of basic human values.’
Affirmation (n.) [Mass noun] (Law) [Count noun] A formal declaration by a person who declines to take an oath.
Affirmation (n.) [Mass noun] Emotional support or encouragement.
‘The lack of one or both parents' affirmation leaves some children emotionally crippled’
Compare: Assertion
Assertion (n.) 斷言，言明 [C] [+（that）]；（權利等的）主張，維護；（意見等的）堅持 [U] A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.
[With clause ]‘His assertion that his father had deserted the family.’
Assertion (n.) [Mass noun] The action of asserting something.
‘The assertion of his legal rights.’
Predication (n.) Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] -- Chaucer.
Compare: Preaching
Preaching (n.) [Mass noun] 講道；Preach的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 The delivery of a sermon or religious address to an assembled group of people, typically in church.
‘Large numbers of people would come to hear his preaching.’
[Count noun] ‘The preachings of church leaders.’
Preaching (n.) [Mass noun] The giving of moral advice in a pompously self-righteous way.
‘Your preaching won't make me change my mind.’
Predication (n.) (Logic) A declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument [syn: postulation, predication].
Predicative (a.) 斷定性的；【語】謂語的；表語的 Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred"i*ca*tive*ly, adv.
Predicative (a.) Of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'" [ant: attributive, prenominal].
Predicative (a.) (Grammar) (Of an adjective or noun) Forming or contained in the predicate, as old in the dog is old (but not in the old dog) and house in there is a large house.
Contrasted with A ttributive.
Predicative (a.) (Grammar) Denoting a use of the verb to be to assert something about the subject.
Predicative (a.) (Logic) Acting as a predicate.
Predicative (a.) (Not comparable) (Grammar, of an adjectival or nominal) Used after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.
In the sentence, ‘This house is big’, ‘big’ is predicative, whereas in ‘This is a big house’, it is attributive.
Antonyms: Attributive
Predicative (n.) (pl. Predicatives) (Grammer) 【語】謂語；述詞 An element of the predicate of a sentence which supplements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.
Predicative (a.) (Specialized) （尤指形容詞或片語）謂語性的，表語的 (In grammar, especially of adjectives or phrases) F ollowing a verb.
// In the sentence "She is happy", "happy" is a predicative adjective.
Predicatory (a.) Affirmative; positive. -- Bp. Hall.
Predicrotic (a.) (Physiol.) 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.
The predicrotic or tidal wave is best marked in a hard pulse, i. e., where the blood pressure is high. -- Landois & Stirling.
Predicted (imp. & p. p.) of Predict
Predicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Predict
Predict (v. t.) 預言；預料；預報 [+that] [+wh-] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.
Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode.
Predict (n.) A prediction. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Predict (v.) Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: {predict}, {foretell}, {prognosticate}, {call}, {forebode}, {anticipate}, {promise}].
Predict (v.) Indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: {bode}, {portend}, {auspicate}, {prognosticate}, {omen}, {presage}, {betoken}, {foreshadow}, {augur}, {foretell}, {prefigure}, {forecast}, {predict}].
Predict, () Simulation, predictive analytics.
Predict, () Branch prediction.
Predict, () Predictive audio compression.
Predictable (a.) 可預言的，可預料的；【貶】墨守陳規的 That may be predicted.
Predictable (a.) Capable of being foretold [ant: {unpredictable}].
Predicted (a.) 預測的 Stated or estimated as likely to happen in the future; forecast.
‘The predicted growth in road traffic’
Prediction (n.) 預言；預報 [C] [U] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.
The predictions of cold and long winters. -- Bacon.
Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination; soothsaying; vaticination.
Prediction (n.) The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: {prediction}, {anticipation}, {prevision}].
Prediction (n.) A statement made about the future [syn: {prediction}, {foretelling}, {forecasting}, {prognostication}].
Prediction (n.) [ C or U ] (B2) 預計，預料，預言 A statement about what you think will happen in the future.
// Please don't ask me to make any predictions about tomorrow's meeting.
// [ + that ] No one believed her prediction that the world would end on 12 November.
Predictional (a.) 預言的，預示的 Prophetic; prognostic. [R.]
Predictive (a.) 預言性的，成為前兆的 Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. -- Pre*dict"ive*ly, adv.
Predictive (a.) Of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions [syn: predictive, prognostic, prognosticative].
Predictor (n.) [軍] 高射瞄準器；預言者，預報者.. One who predicts; a foreteller.
Predictor (n.) Someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) [syn: forecaster, predictor, prognosticator, soothsayer].
Predictor (n.) Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance".
Predictor (n.) A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival.
Predictory (a.) 預言 [預報] 的，預言性的，成為前兆的... Predictive. [R.] -- Fuller.
Predigest (v. t.) 把 (食物) 弄得容易消化；簡化，簡寫... To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.
Predigestion (n.) 預先消化，簡化 Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Predigestion (n.) (Med.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.
Predilect (v. t.) To elect or choose beforehand. [R.] -- Walter Harte.
Predilection (n.) A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. -- Burke.
Prediscover (v. t.) To discover beforehand.
Prediscovery (n.) A previous discovery.
Predisponency (n.) The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [R.]
Compare: Predisposition
Predisposition (n.) 傾向；素質；易染病體質 A liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way.
‘A child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia.’
[Mass noun ]‘Factors including genetic 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.
Predisposing causes (Med.), Causes which render the body liable to disease; predisponent causes.
Predispose (v.) Make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain weight".
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.
Syn: inclination; tendency; predilection; propensity.
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.
Predisposition (n.) Susceptibility to a pathogen [syn: sensitivity, predisposition].
Predisposition (n.) An inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way.
Predisposition (n.) A disposition in advance to react in a particular way.
Predominance (n.) The quality or state of being predominant; superiority; ascendency; prevalence; predomination.
The predominance of conscience over interest. -- South.
Predominance (n.) (Astrol.) The superior influence of a planet. -- Shak.
Predominance (n.) The state of being predominant over others [syn: predominance, predomination, prepotency].
Predominance (n.) The quality of being more noticeable than anything else; "the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone" [syn: predomination, predominance].
Predominancy (n.) Predominance. -- Bacon.
Predominant (a.) Having the ascendency over others; superior in strength, influence, or authority; prevailing; as, a predominant color; predominant excellence.
Those help . . . were predominant in the king's mind. -- Bacon.
Foul subordination is predominant. -- Shak.
Syn: Prevalent; superior; prevailing; ascendant; ruling; reigning; controlling; overruling.
Predominant (a.) Most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife].
Predominant (a.) Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating].
Predominantly (adv.) 佔主導地位地；佔優勢地；顯著地 In a predominant manner.
Predominantly (adv.) Much greater in number or influence; "the patients are predominantly indigenous" [syn: {predominantly}, {preponderantly}].
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.
[Certain] rays may predominate over the rest. -- Sir. I. Newton.
Predominate (v. t.) To rule over; to overpower. [R.]
Predominate (a.) Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderating].
Predominate (v.) Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail].
Predominate (v.) Appear very large or occupy a commanding position; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall" [syn: loom, tower, predominate, hulk].
Predomination (n.) The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance. -- W. Browne.
Predomination (n.) The state of being predominant over others [syn: predominance, predomination, prepotency].
Predomination (n.) The quality of being more noticeable than anything else; "the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone" [syn: predomination, predominance].
Predoom (v. t.) To foredoom.
Predorsal (a.) (Anat.) 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. -- Smart.