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postulated |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Postulate \Pos"tu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Postulated}; p. pr & vb n. {Postulating}.] 1. To beg, or assume without proof; as to postulate conclusions. 2. To take without express consent; to assume. The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . . postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this nation. --W. Tooke. 3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Postulated \Pos"tu*la`ted\, a. Assumed without proof; as a postulated inference. --Sir T. Browne.
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