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Expostulate
Expostulate Ex*pos"tu*late, v. t.
To discuss; to examine. [Obs.]
To expostulate What majesty should be, what duty is.
--Shak.
ExpostulateExpostulate 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.
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
--Jowett
(Thuc. ).
Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate. ExpostulatedExpostulate 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.
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
--Jowett
(Thuc. ).
Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate. ExpostulatingExpostulate 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.
Men expostulate with erring friends; they bring
accusations against enemies who have done them a wrong.
--Jowett
(Thuc. ).
Syn: To remonstrate; reason. See Remonstrate. Expostulation
Expostulation Ex*pos`tu*la"tion, n. [L. expostulatio.]
The act of expostulating or reasoning with a person in
opposition to some impropriety of conduct; remonstrance;
earnest and kindly protest; dissuasion.
We must use expostulation kindly. --Shak.
Expostulator
Expostulator Ex*pos"tu*la`tor (?;135), n.
One who expostulates. --Lamb.
Expostulatory
Expostulatory Ex*pos"tu*la*to*ry, a.
Containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an
expostulatory discourse or letter.
PostulataPostulatum Pos`tu*la"tum, n.; pl. Postulata. [L. See
Postulate, n.]
A postulate. --Addison. PostulatePostulate 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.
2. (Geom.) The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in
distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a
self-evident theorem.
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. Postulate
Postulate Pos"tu*late, a.
Postulated. [Obs.] --Hudibras.
PostulatePostulate 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.
2. To take without express consent; to assume.
The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . .
postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this
nation. --W. Tooke.
3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet. PostulatedPostulate 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.
2. To take without express consent; to assume.
The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . .
postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this
nation. --W. Tooke.
3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet. Postulated
Postulated Pos"tu*la`ted, a.
Assumed without proof; as, a postulated inference. --Sir T.
Browne.
PostulatingPostulate 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.
2. To take without express consent; to assume.
The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . .
postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this
nation. --W. Tooke.
3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet. Postulation
Postulation Pos`tu*la"tion, n. [L. postulatio: cf. F.
postulation.]
The act of postulating, or that which is postulated;
assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.
Postulatory
Postulatory Pos"tu*la*to*ry, a. [L. postulatorius.]
Of the nature of a postulate. --Sir T. Browne.
PostulatumPostulatum Pos`tu*la"tum, n.; pl. Postulata. [L. See
Postulate, n.]
A postulate. --Addison.
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