3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Pos"tu*la`ted (?), a. Assumed without proof; as, a postulated

inference. Sir T. Browne.

Pos`tu*la"tion (?), n. [L. postulatio: cf. F. postulation.] The act of

postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation;

suit; cause.

Pos"tu*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. postulatorius.] Of the nature of a

postulate. Sir T. Browne.

||Pos`tu*la"tum (?), n.; pl. Postulata (#). [L. See Postulate, n.] A

||postulate. Addison.

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