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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Predication

· Pred·i·ca·tion · IPA
01 n. The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.
  1. 1.
    The act of predicating, or of affirming one thing of another; affirmation; assertion.
  2. 2.
    Preaching.[Obs. or Scot.]