had predicated

• past perfect

  past perfect

  Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.

  of predicate.
  predicate

  noun

  (in many languages, such as English) one of the two main parts of a sentence, containing the verb and any of its objects, modifiers, or other completions, and generally expressing an action, state, or condition: for example, got here quickly in Larry got here quickly, or ate a cookie in I ate a cookie, or slept in The exhausted student slept.

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had predicated

The owner had predicated the deal on her securing a trailer and having proper permits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

The whole complex network of emotions which he had predicated in her, modesty, fear, panic, and coquetry, had not even entered her head.

From Command by William McFee

This writer claimed that Father Borghesi had made many errors in his book, presumably in the description of the clock's functions, and in the basic theories upon which the priest had predicated his research.

From The Borghesi Astronomical Clock in the Museum of History and Technology Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, Paper 35, the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 240 by Silvio A. Bedini

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