" predicate "

[Noun]  | "pred*i*cate" | \ ˈpre-di-kət \

1: something that is affirmed or denied of the subject in a proposition in logic

2: a term designating a property or relation

3: the part of a sentence or clause that expresses what is said of the subject and that usually consists of a verb with or without objects, complements, or adverbial modifiers

Origin: 15th century ;

 Middle English, from Late Latin praedicatum, from neuter of praedicatus;

[Noun]  | "predicate calculus" 

1: the branch of symbolic logic that uses symbols for quantifiers and for arguments and predicates of propositions as well as for unanalyzed propositions and logical connectives —called also functional calculus

Origin: 1950 ;

[Noun]  | "predicate nominative" 

1: a noun or pronoun in the nominative or common case completing the meaning of a copula

Origin: 1887 ;

[Verb]  | "pred*i*cate" | \ ˈpre-də-ˌkāt \

1: affirm, declare

2: preach

3: to assert to be a quality, attribute, or property —used with following of

Origin: circa 1552 ;

 Late Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare to assert, predicate logically, preach, from Latin, to proclaim, assert {mat|preach|};

[Adjective]  | "pred*i*cate" | \ ˈpre-di-kət \

1: completing the meaning of a copula

Origin: 1887 ;

[Verb]  | "predicate"