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v. To make claim for; demand.

v. To assume or assert the truth, reality, or necessity of, especially as a basis of an argument.

v. To assume as a premise or axiom; take for granted. See Synonyms at presume.

n. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument: "the postulate that there is little moral difference between the superpowers” ( Henry A. Kissinger).

n. A fundamental element; a basic principle.

n. Mathematics An axiom.

n. A requirement; a prerequisite.

n. Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.

n. A fundamental element; a basic principle.

n. An axiom.

n. A requirement; a prerequisite.

v. To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.

v. (Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.

v. (obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.

n. Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.

n. The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.

adj. Postulated.

v. To beg, or assume without proof.

v. To take without express consent; to assume.

v. To invite earnestly; to solicit.

To invite; solicit; require by entreaty. See def. 3.

To assume without proof; lay down as something which has to be assumed, although it cannot be proved; take for granted.

In ecclesiastical law, to ask legitimate ecclesiastical authority to admit (a nominee) by dispensation, when a canonical impediment is supposed to exist. Lee, Glossary.

To make postulates or demands; urge a suit.

n. A petition; a suit; solicitation.

n. A proposition proposed for acceptance without proof; something taken for granted; an assumption.

n. A self-evident practical proposition, to the effect that something is possible: opposed to an axiom, as a self-evident proposition that something is impossible.

n. A condition for the accomplishment of anything.

Postulated; assumed.

n. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

v. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom

v. maintain or assert

v. require as useful, just, or proper

"One of the ways you postulate is to examine available evidence and available processes."

postulated    postulates    postulating   

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postulate of closure    postulate of the circle    parallel postulate    euclid's postulate    ludlam's parallel postulate    dedekind's postulate    saccheri's postulate    farkas bolyal's postulate   

draw    cry out for    govern    cry for    take    exact    claim    compel    cost   

postulated    assume    solicit    condition    proposition    assumption    ask   

presupposition    world-view    annealing    disequilibrium    paradigm    axiom    claptrap