postulatory

English

Etymology

Latin postulātōrius.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒstjʊˈleɪtəɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑstjʊˈleɪtəɹi/, /ˈpɑstjʊləˌtɔɹi/

Adjective

postulatory (comparative more postulatory, superlative most postulatory)

1. Of the nature of a postulate.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     Whoever shall peruse the phytognomy of Porta and strictly observe how vegetable realities are forced into animal representations, may perceive the semblance is but postulatory.

2. Supplicatory.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “postulatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)