The Collaborative International Dictionary
Postulate \Pos"tu*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Postulating.]
To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.
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To take without express consent; to assume.
The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . . postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this nation.
--W. Tooke. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.]
--Bp. Burnet.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of postulate English)
Usage examples of "postulating".
There are no grounds at the moment for postulating that the counterparts of electrical charge, coulomb attraction, and hence molecular adhesion were anything like the quantities we know.
Whoever postulated that it was possible was postulating out of bad data and no observation.
If you're postulating them as the cause, then what, may I ask, deranged them?
If you’re postulating them as the cause, then what, may I ask, deranged them?
The model becomes more insidious by postulating an additional chain of catalytic reactions via which the chlorine monoxide can be recycled back into free chlorine, hence evoking the specter of a single chlorine atom running amok in the stratosphere, gobbling up ozone molecules like Pac Man.
If we are going to allow ourselves the luxury of postulating organized complexity without offering an explanation, we might as well make a job of it and simply postulate the existence of life as we know it!