Postulate

n.	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.) 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.
a.	1.	Postulated.
v. t.	1.	To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions. [imp. & p. p. Postulated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Postulating.]
	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.

Noun	1.	postulate - (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning Synonyms: posit
Verb	1.	postulate - maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future" Synonyms: contend
	2.	postulate - take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature" Synonyms: posit
	3.	postulate - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent" Synonyms: necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, involve, ask, take

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