suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief
his theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes
she postulated that the environmentalists might have a case
(in ecclesiastical law) nominate or elect (someone) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority
the chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath
a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief
perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect