Word Meanings - PREDICAMENTAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall .

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• PREDICAMENTAL
  Of or pertaining to a predicament. John Hall .
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• PREDICAMENT
  See PLIGHT (more info) 1. A class or kind described by any definite marks; hence, condition; particular situation or state; especially, an unfortunate or trying position or condition. "O woeful sympathy;
• ANTEPREDICAMENT
  A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach