Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
of adjectives;
relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence;
- Example: "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Predicative \Pred"i*ca*tive\, a. [L. praedicativus.]
Expressing affirmation or predication; affirming;
predicating, as, a predicative term. -- Pred"i*ca*tive*ly,
adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
predicative
adj 1: of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the
predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative
adjective in `the apple is red'" [ant: attributive,
prenominal]