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2. Preaching. [Obs. or Scot.] Chaucer.

Pred"i*ca*tive (?), a. [L. praedicativus.] Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred"i*ca*tive*ly, adv.

Pred"i*ca*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. L. praedicatorius praising.] Affirmative; positive. Bp. Hall.

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Pre`di*crot"ic (?), 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.

Pre*dict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicting.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. Preach.] 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.

Pre*dict", n. A prediction. [Obs.] Shak.

Pre*dict"a*ble (?), a. That may be predicted.

Pre*dic"tion (?), n. [L. praedictio: cf. F. prÈdiction.] 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.

Pre*dic"tion*al (?), a. Prophetic; prognostic. [R.]

Pre*dict"ive (?), a. [L. praedictivus.] Foretelling; prophetic; foreboding. - - Pre*dict"ive*ly, adv.

Pre*dict"or (?), n. One who predicts; a foreteller.

Pre*dict"o*ry (?), a. Predictive. [R.] Fuller.

Pre`di*gest" (?), v. t. (Med.) To subject (food) to predigestion or artificial digestion.

Pre`di*ges"tion (?), n. 1. Digestion too soon performed; hasty digestion. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Med.) Artificial digestion of food for use in illness or impaired digestion.

Pre`di*lect" (?), v. t. To elect or choose beforehand. [R.] Walter Harte.

Pre`di*lec"tion (?), n. [Pref. pre- + L. dilectus, p. p. diligere to prefer: cf. F. prÈdilection. See Diligent.] A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke.

Pre`dis*cov"er (?), v. t. To discover beforehand.

Pre`dis*cov"er*y (?), n. A previous discovery.

Pre`dis*po"nen*cy (?), n. The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [R.]

Pre`dis*po"nent (?), a. Disposing beforehand; predisposing. -- n. That which predisposes.