categorem Logic.
(ˈkætɪgəˌrɛm, kəˈtɛgərɛm)
[ad. Gr. κατηγόρηµα accusation, (in logic) predicate, f. κατηγορεῖν to speak against, accuse, allege, assert, predicate; cf. κατήγορ-ος accuser, etc., f. κατά against + ἀγορά assembly, place of public speaking; cf. ἀγορεύ-ειν to speak in public, harangue.]
† a. = predicate (obs.). b. A categorematic word.
| 1588 Fraunce Lawiers Logike i. ii. 10 b, These generall heades of argumentes..sometimes they are called Categoremes. 1655–60 Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) viii. Zeno xx. 43 Universally negative axioms are those, which consist of an universall negative particle, and a Categorem; as, No man walketh. 1864 Shedden Elem. Logic ii, Names are called categorematic words, or categorems. |