different between predicatory vs predictory

predicatory

English

Etymology

Compare Latin praedicatorius (praising).

Adjective

predicatory (comparative more predicatory, superlative most predicatory)

  1. affirmative; positive
    • 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience
      The just degrees of callings must be herein duly observed; whether in a public way, as pastors of congregations ; or in a private way , as masters of families : whether in the schools , in a mere grammatical way ; or in the church , in a predicatory

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predictory

English

Etymology

predict +? -ory

Adjective

predictory (comparative more predictory, superlative most predictory)

  1. Serving to predict; predictive.
    • 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England
      his font name then given him, as predictory of those victories he afterwards got

Anagrams

  • cryptodire, peroryctid

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