A position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident, or too plain to require illustration. A self-evident problem, answering to axiom, which is a self-evident theorem.

To beg or assume without proof.

To invite; to solicit; to require by entreaty.

To assume; to take without positive consent. The Byzantine emperors appear to have exercised, or at least to have postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this nation.