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postulatory, a. Now rare.|ˈpɒstjʊlətərɪ|
[ad. L. postulātōri-us adj.; see postulate v. and -ory2; cf. obs. F. postulatoire (1622 in Godef.).]
1. Making request; supplicatory.
a1631Donne Serm. li. 509 The whole prayer is either Deprecatory..or Postulatory. 1647Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 392 He easily recovers the courage to turn that deprecatory prayer into a postulatory one.
2. Of the nature of an assumption; hypothetical.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 93 [He] may easily perceive in very many, the semblance is but postulatory, and must have a more assimilating phancy then mine to make good many thereof. 1853G. Johnston Hist. Nat. E. Bord. I. 131 The resemblance between the plant and the picture of the artist is somewhat postulatory. |