Postulate

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Postulated.

II. Postulate ·vt To invite earnestly; to Solicit.

III. Postulate ·vt To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.

IV. Postulate ·vt To take without express consent; to Assume.

V. Postulate ·noun The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.

VI. Postulate ·noun 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.