Hypertext Webster Gateway: "postulated"
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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