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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Postulate \Pos"tu*late\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Postulated \Pos"tu*la'ted\, adjective Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. --Sir T. Browne.
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