See Also: marocain(dictionary)

postulate (iou) and marocain (iou)


postulate (iou)



postulate verb trans. Pa. t. & pple -ated, (earlier) -ate. LME.
[Latin postulat- pa. ppl stem of postulare ask, demand, request: see -ATE3.]
Ecclesiastical Law. Nominate or elect to an ecclesiastical office or dignity subject to the sanction of a higher authority. LME.
W. Stubbs The chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath.
Demand; require; claim. Now rare. L16.
J. S. Mill Logic..postulates to express in words what is already in the thoughts.
Claim (explicitly or tacitly) the existence, fact, or truth of; take for granted; assume, esp. as a basis of reasoning, discussion, or belief. M17.
Scientific American The postulated corpuscles are invisible. W. Golding It is..scientifically respectable to postulate that..the laws of Nature no longer apply. A. Storr Freud postulated an agency within the mind which devoted itself to self-observation.
b. Math. Assume the possibility of (some geometric construction or operation). Cf. POSTULATE noun2 2b. E19.
postulator noun a person who postulates someone or something; spec. (Roman Catholic Church) a pleader for a candidate for beatification or canonization: M19.
postulatory adjective (now rare) [Latin postulatorius] (a) supplicatory; (b) of the Nature of an assumption; hypothetical: M17.

marocain (iou)



marocain noun & adjective. E20.
[French, from Maroc (see MOROCCO) + -ain -AN. Cf. MAROQUIN.]
A. noun. (A garment made from) a crepe fabric of silk or wool or both. E20.
b. adjective. Made of marocain. L20.