Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PREDICATIVE
Pred "i *ca *tive, a. Etym: [L. praedicativus.]
Defn: Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming; predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred "i *ca *tive *ly, adv.
New American Oxford Dictionary
predicative
pred i ca tive |ˈpredəˌkātiv, -ikətiv ˈprɛdəˌkeɪdɪv | ▶adjective 1 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 attributive. • denoting a use of the verb to be to assert something about the subject. 2 Logic acting as a predicate. DERIVATIVES pred i ca tive ly adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin praedicativus, from praedicat- ‘declared ’ (in medieval Latin ‘predicated ’), from the verb praedicare (see predicate ).
Oxford Dictionary
predicative
predicative |prɪˈdɪkətɪv | ▶adjective 1 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 attributive. • denoting a use of the verb to be to assert something about the subject. 2 Logic acting as a predicate. DERIVATIVES predicatively adverb ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin praedicativus, from praedicat- ‘declared ’ (in medieval Latin ‘predicated ’), from the verb praedicare (see predicate ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
predicative
pred i ca tive /prɪdɪ́kətɪv /形容詞 〘文法 〙叙述 [述語 ]的な .
The Wordsmith Dictionary