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   postulate

   verb

   • 1. suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: "his theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes"
   • 2. (in ecclesiastical law) nominate or elect (someone) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority: "the chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath"

   noun

   • 1. a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief: formal "perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect"
   • ▪ an assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning. formal

   Word Origin late Middle English (in postulate (sense 2 of the verb)): from Latin postulat- ‘asked’, from the verb postulare.

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