predicand

Noun

 * 1)  What a clausal predicate, predicative complement or adjunct relates to.
 * In, "downhearted, he left," the predicand for downhearted is the person denoted by he (i.e. he was downhearted).
 * 1)  The referent of the phrase of which another constituent (the predicate) is predicated.
 * For example, in They appear uneasy, the property of being uneasy is predicated of (the referent of) they, which is therefore the predicand.