postulatory

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word postulatory. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word postulatory, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say postulatory in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word postulatory you have here. The definition of the word postulatory will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofpostulatory, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

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 Miller, for Edw Dod and Nath 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia