postdictv.
/ˈpəʊs(t)dɪkt/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌdɪk(t)/ transitive. To assert or imply something about (something in the past or the present).
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > something about past or present
postdict1952
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > infer, conclude [verb (transitive)] > based on hypothesis or data
educe1794
expound1821
generalizea1828
to put two and two together1849
extrapolate1905
retrodict1940
postdict1952
1952 Mind 61 40 Inductive sentences may also postdict a past event, e.g... ‘It is probable that Caesar crossed the Rubicon.’
1960 Commentary June 487/1 The Gluecks' five-factor scale in effect post-dicted delinquency in the Boston boys from whom it was developed.
1971 Computers & Humanities 5 192 Discriminant analysis of 30 content variables and 192 editorials..postdicted correctly the masthead of most editorials.
1994 Nature 24 Feb. 681/2 When they project their best trial orbit for the comet backwards two thousand years, they postdict apparitions in 69 bc and 188, just as the Chinese said.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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