Postulate

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.

The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.

Postulated.

To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.

To take without express consent; to assume.

To invite earnestly; to solicit.

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning