postulate
Noun
(en noun)
Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.
A fundamental element; a basic principle.
(logic) An axiom.
A requirement; a prerequisite.
Verb
(postulat)
To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
* 1883 , , Prop. XXII,
- But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause;
* 1911 , Encyclopædia Britannica , “”,
- [T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite ?? ???????.
(ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one’s appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
* 1874 , John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld , Vol 1, p. xvi
- [A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination was never completed.
(ambitransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.
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law
Etymology 1
From (etyl) lawe, and gesetnes. More at (l).
Noun
(lb) The body of rules and standards issued by a government, or to be applied by courts and similar authorities.
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A particular such rule.
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*:As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish,I do not suppose that it matters much in reality whether laws are made by dukes or cornerboys, but I like, as far as possible, to associate with gentlemen in private life.
(lb) A written or understood rule that concerns behaviours and their consequences. Laws are usually associated with mores.
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A well-established, observed physical characteristic or behavior of nature. The word is used to simply identify “what happens,” without implying any explanatory mechanism or causation. Compare to theory.
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(lb) A statement that is true under specified conditions.
A category of English “common law” petitions that request monetary relief, as opposed to relief in forms other than a monetary judgment; compare to “equity”.
(lb) One of the official rules of cricket as codified by the MCC.
The police.
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(lb) One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to chaos.
An oath, as in the presence of a court. See wager of law.
Derived terms
* above the law
* against the law
* a law unto oneself
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* Avogadro’s law
* Beer-Lambert law
* Boyle’s law
* bylaw
* canon law
* Charles’ law
* civil law
* common law
* contract law
* corn laws
* Coulomb’s law
* criminal law
* de Morgan’s laws
* employment law
* family law
* Faraday’s laws
* federal law
* feudal law
* Fourier’s law
* Gauss’s law
* Graham’s law
* Gresham’s law
* Henry’s law
* Hooke’s law
* Hubble’s law
* international law
* into law
* Kepler’s laws of planetary motion
* Kerchoff’s laws
* law and order
* lawful
* lawgiver
* lawlike
* law lord
* lawmaker, law-maker
* law of cosines
* law of large numbers
* law of sines
* law of small numbers
* law of tangents
* law of the land
* law of the tongue
* lay down the law
* long arm of the law
* lynch law
* martial law
* Moore’s law
* Murphy’s law
* natural law
* Newton’s law of cooling
* Newton’s law of gravitation
* Newton’s laws of motion
* Ohm’s law
* physical law
* power law
* Poiseuille’s law
* possession is nine points of the law
* property law
* Roman law
* statuate (statute)+law=statuate law (US)
* state law
* statute law (Commonwealth English)
* Stefan-Boltzmann law
* Stokes’ law
* sus law
* take the law into one’s own hands
* the law is an ass
* three laws of robotics
* unwritten law
* Zipf’s law
Etymology 2
From (etyl) . Also spelled low.
Noun
(en noun)
(obsolete) a tumulus of stones
a hill
* 1892 , Robert Louis Stevenson, Across the Plains
- You might climb the Law […] and behold the face of many counties.
Etymology 3
Compare (la).
Interjection
(en interjection)
(dated) An exclamation of mild surprise; lawks.
References
Etymology] in [[:w:da:ODS, ODS]
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