POSTULATE


Meaning of POSTULATE in English

adj postulated.

2. postulate ·vt to invite earnestly; to solicit.

3. postulate ·vt to beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.

4. postulate ·vt to take without express consent; to assume.

5. postulate ·noun the enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.

6. postulate ·noun 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.

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