postulated
simple past tense and past participle of postulate
Source: Wiktionary
Pos"tu*la`ted, a.
Definition: Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. Sir T. Browne.
Pos"tu*late, n. Etym: [L. postulatum a demand, request, prop. p. p. of postulare to demand, prob. a dim. of poscere to demand, prob. for porcscere; akin to G. forschen to search, investigate, Skr. prach to ask, and L. precari to pray: cf. F. postulat. See Pray.]
1. 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.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem. The distinction between a postulate and an axiom lies in this, -- that the latter is admitted to be self-evident, while the former may be agreed upon between two reasoners, and admitted by both, but not as proposition which it would be impossible to deny. Eng. Cyc.
Pos"tu*late, a.
Definition: Postulated. [Obs.] Hudibras.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
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