predicate, proclaim - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" --2is one way toassert, asseverate, maintain
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
connote, predicate - involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" --3is one way toimply