predicate (Verb) — Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition. ex. "The predicate 'dog' is predicated of the subject 'Fido' in the sentence 'Fido is a dog'"
predicate (Verb) — Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of. ex. "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
predicate (Verb) — Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic. ex. "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
predicate (Noun) — (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. ex. "'Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
predicate (Noun) — One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements.