slovo | definícia |
postulate (mass) | postulate
- predpoklad, predpokladať, požadovať |
postulate (encz) | postulate,postulát n: Ritchie |
postulate (encz) | postulate,předpoklad n: Ritchie |
postulate (encz) | postulate,předpokládat v: Ritchie |
Postulate (gcide) | Postulate \Pos"tu*late\, a.
Postulated. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
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Postulate (gcide) | Postulate \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.
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2. To take without express consent; to assume.
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The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . .
postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this
nation. --W. Tooke.
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3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
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Postulate (gcide) | Postulate \Pos"tu*late\, n. [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.
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2. (Geom.) The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in
distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a
self-evident theorem.
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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.
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postulate (wn) | postulate
n 1: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to
provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: postulate,
posit]
v 1: maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no
future" [syn: contend, postulate]
2: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited
three basic laws of nature" [syn: postulate, posit]
3: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This
job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands
a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a
spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a
patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate,
need, require, take, involve, call for, demand]
[ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
postulate (mass) | postulate
- predpoklad, predpokladať, požadovať |
expostulate (encz) | expostulate,nesouhlasit v: zásadně Pinoexpostulate,odporovat v: komu Pinoexpostulate,přít se v: s kým Pino |
postulate (encz) | postulate,postulát n: Ritchiepostulate,předpoklad n: Ritchiepostulate,předpokládat v: Ritchie |
postulated (encz) | postulated,požadovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
postulates (encz) | postulates,postuláty n: pl. Zdeněk Brožpostulates,požadavky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
Expostulate (gcide) | Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\ (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Expostulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expostulating.] [L.
expostulatus, p. p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex
out + postulare to ask, require. See Postulate.]
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his
conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and
urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; --
followed by with.
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Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
--Jowett
(Thuc. ).
Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate.
[1913 Webster]Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\, v. t.
To discuss; to examine. [Obs.]
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To expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is. --Shak.
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Expostulated (gcide) | Expostulate \Ex*pos"tu*late\ (?; 135), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Expostulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Expostulating.] [L.
expostulatus, p. p. of expostulare to demand vehemently; ex
out + postulare to ask, require. See Postulate.]
To reason earnestly with a person on some impropriety of his
conduct, representing the wrong he has done or intends, and
urging him to make redress or to desist; to remonstrate; --
followed by with.
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Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
--Jowett
(Thuc. ).
Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate.
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Postulated (gcide) | Postulate \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.
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2. To take without express consent; to assume.
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The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . .
postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this
nation. --W. Tooke.
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3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
[1913 Webster]Postulated \Pos"tu*la`ted\, a.
Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. --Sir T.
Browne.
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