Postulate

pos′tū-lāt, v.t. to a ume without proof: to take for granted or without positive consent: ( eccles. ) to ask legitimate authority to admit a nominee by dispensation, when a canonical impediment is supposed to exist.— v.i. to make demands.— n. a position a umed as self-evident: ( geom. ) a self-evident problem: a petition: a condition for the accomplishment of anything.— ns. Pos′tulant , a candidate; Postulā′tion , the act of postulating: solicitation.— adjs. Pos′tulātory , supplicatory: a uming or a umed without proof as a postulate; Pos′tural . [L. postulāre , -ātum , to demand— poscĕre , to ask urgently.]