postulate

-1 n. அடிக்கோள், ஆராய்ச்சியின் அடிப்படையாக ஏற்றமைவு கொள்ளப்பட்ட மெய்ம்மை, அடிப்படைநிலை, இன்றியமையா முதற்படு முழ்ற்கூறு, (வடி.) இயல்வுக்கோள், எளிய கையாட்சி இயலுவதாகக் கொண்டு மேற்செல்லும் முறை.-2 v. ஏற்றமைவாகக் கொள், அடிப்படையாக வேண்டு, மெய்யாக அப்பொழுதைக்கென ஏற்றுக்கொள், முற்படு, முதற்கூறுகக் கோரு, இன்றியமைய முற்படுகூறாக வற்புறுத்திக் கூறு, திருச்சபைச் சட்டத்துறையில் மேல் ஏற்பிசைவு எதிர்நோக்கித் தேர்வுசெய்.

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Pos"tu*late, n. Etym: [L. postulatum a demand, request, prop. p. p. of postulare to demand, prob. a dim. of poscere to demand, prob. for porcscere; akin to G. forschen to search, investigate, Skr. prach to ask, and L. precari to pray: cf. F. postulat. See Pray.] 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.) Defn: 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. Pos"tu*late, a. Defn: Postulated. [Obs.] Hudibras. Pos"tu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Postulating.] 1. To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions. 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. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet. Pos"tu*late, n. Etym: [L. postulatum a demand, request, prop. p. p. of postulare to demand, prob. a dim. of poscere to demand, prob. for porcscere; akin to G. forschen to search, investigate, Skr. prach to ask, and L. precari to pray: cf. F. postulat. See Pray.] 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.) Defn: 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. Pos"tu*late, a. Defn: Postulated. [Obs.] Hudibras. Pos"tu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Postulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Postulating.] 1. To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions. 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. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.