There," she said, "he has made his amends, and surely that may suffice.
A cavalcade it was, for each gentleman rode and so did his body-servant, and each horse had a mounted groom.
Having thus briefly considered the philology of predicative words, we must next proceed to the not less important matter of the philology of predication itself.
The chief ground of this scepticism is that it is difficult to conceive how a word could ever have gained a footing if it did not from the first present some independent predicative meaning.
Because their definitions are not predicative and present this sort of hidden vicious circle which I have pointed out above; non-predicative definitions can not be substituted for the terms defined.
Thus the definitions which should be regarded as notpredicative are those which contain a vicious circle.
It is the belief in the existence of the actual infinite which has given birth to those non-predicative definitions.
And this does not mean that these non-predicative propositions determine an empty class, a null class; this does not mean that there is no value of x satisfying the definition and capable of being one of the elements of the class.
For thepredicative dative of the substantive, see 1219.
In this position occur only attributes of a predicate (or of an entire non-predicative sentence).
Here the predicative suffix -wew is placed after the noun, while hu- of Sháwano stands before it.
This predicative meaning, however, being the most original meaning of the word, allows us an insight into the most primitive ideas of a nation.
Every word, as we know, had originally a predicative meaning, and that predicative meaning differs often very considerably from the later traditional or technical meaning.
But more, if we look at these roots we shall find that their predicative power is throughout very general, and therefore liable to an infinite amount of specification.
Pronouns, numerals, and a few imitative rather than predicative names for father and mother, etc.
The Semitic man would call on God in adjectives only, or in words which always conveyed a predicative meaning.
Within the universe of non-predicative language, fuzzy logic made it into the design of control mechanisms for high-speed trains, as well as into new efficient toasters.
Kemari is not only non-predicative and configurational, but also infused by the principle of amé, in which things are seen as deeply interdependent.
The present of all the active verbs uses this predicative form, while their aorists and futures employ possessive forms.
A predicative adjective does not agree in case, when its noun or pronoun is in the accusative (pars.
Participial adjectives agree with their nouns in number and case, but when predicative they agree in number only (see remarks on adjectives, pars.
A phrase is often clearer if the conjunction ke be used instead of a predicative participle.
Note that bonaj and malbonaj arepredicative adjectives, and therefore in the nominative (see pars.
A predicative adjective shows that ellipsis has taken place, and the omitted verb is generally esti.
In a qualifying or predicative sense participles generally follow their noun or pronoun.
A predicative adjective is usually placed after the verb, and noun or pronoun, to which it relates.
If qualifying and predicative participles are not placed in their natural position, viz.
We cannot therefore have the knowledge of the jug without having the knowledge of the predicative quality, the content [Footnote ref 3].
In other languages, however, and particularly in the Aryan languages, no predicative root can by itself form a word.
It would be a totally mistaken view, however, were we to suppose that all derivative elements, all that remains of a word after the predicative root has been removed, must be traced back to pronominal roots.
In the s of he loves, therefore, we have a demonstrative root, added to the predicative root love, and this s is originally the same as the Sanskrit ti.
We might follow the offshoots of this root ar still further, but the number of words which we have examined in various languages will suffice to show what is meant by a predicative root.
In some languages, and particularly in Chinese, a predicative root may by itself be used as a noun, or a verb, or an adjective or adverb.
We have thus seen that what we call the third person singular of the present is in reality a simple compound of a predicative root with a demonstrative root.
In the province of judgment there are, it is true, alongside the simple, subjectless propositions, predicative judgments which are acts of a relative character, but this resemblance is very imperfect.
It does not therefore seem to me quite fitting that Miklosich should always term such propositions subjectless, and it is quite incorrect when he calls them mere predicative propositions.
If thepredicative conception is what is newly added, it will, accordingly, be the object of greater interest.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "predicative" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: absolute; affirmative; assertive; decided; declarative; emphatic; positive
