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Antonyms for postulated

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb pos-chuh-leyt; noun pos-chuh-lit, -leyt
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈpɒs tʃəˌleɪt; noun ˈpɒs tʃə lɪt, -ˌleɪt

Definition of postulated

Origin :
  • 1530s, "nominate to a church office," from Medieval Latin postulatus, past participle of postulare "to ask, demand; claim; require," probably formed from past participle of Latin poscere "ask urgently, demand," from *posk-to-, Italic inchoative of PIE root *prek- "to ask questions" (cf. Sanskrit prcchati, Avestan peresaiti "interrogates," Old High German forskon, German forschen "to search, inquire"). Use in logic dates from 1640s, borrowed from Medieval Latin.
  • verb suppose, figure
Example sentences :
  • I postulated that it should be none of those “ten minutes in the air” affairs.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • This conclusion is no mere inference from accepted or postulated premises.
  • Extract from : « What Is and What Might Be » by Edmond Holmes
  • But this presumption can never be proved; it can only be postulated.
  • Extract from : « The Science and Philosophy of the Organism » by Hans Driesch
  • What, therefore, can be postulated of the one will not apply with equal force to the other.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Space » by Robert T. Browne
  • In geometry the primary construction is not demonstrated, but postulated.
  • Extract from : « Biographia Literaria » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • I have postulated consciousness as the inseparable concomitant of life.
  • Extract from : « Morals and the Evolution of Man » by Max Simon Nordau
  • If God be as postulated, then can prayer and confession not be necessary, or even beautiful.
  • Extract from : « The Hearts of Men » by H. Fielding
  • Perhaps the same may be said for 1000, though this could not be postulated with equal certainty.
  • Extract from : « The Number Concept » by Levi Leonard Conant
  • In itself, it postulated an owner in the prime of life, handsome and graceful.
  • Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne
  • It is curious to see an insect apply the 'principle of least action,' so often postulated in mechanics.
  • Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre

Synonyms for postulated

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