postulate

Meanings

• (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
• maintain or assert
• take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
• require as useful, just, or proper
  • "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

Synonyms

ask, call for, contend, demand, involve, necessitate, need, posit, require, take