posit

[ poz-it ]

/ ˈpɒz ɪt /

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verb (used with object)

to place, put, or set.

to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.

noun

something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.

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Origin of posit

First recorded in 1640–50; from Latin positus, past participle of pōnere “to place, put”

Words nearby posit

posey, posh, posho, posigrade rocket, posing, posit, posited, positif, position, positional notation, position angle

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How to use posit in a sentence

To posit that the war brings us closer to faith is a sleight of hand that makes fools of us all.
There Are Only Atheists in Fox Holes|Michael Carson|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Simbikangwa denies any involvement and his lawyers posit their client was unaware of the massacre taking place.
France Convicts Rwanda Genocidaire|Nina Strochlic|March 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We have to erase history and posit a Palestinian people that is, somehow, essentially different from other people.
Rebranding Reality For Jerusalem Day|Emily L. Hauser|May 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Advocates of intervention may want to posit the U.S. as the world's police.
What Israel's Attack Doesn't Mean For American Intervention In Syria|Ali Gharib|May 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST

You posit that talking about the aesthetics of scent in traditional aesthetic terms makes scent subservient to other disciplines.
Nosing Out the Meaning of Scent|Blake Gopnik|February 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nos duo Societate tuguriolum habemus ligneum, in quo vix posit mens commouere nos possumus.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
We must posit these three genera (essence, movement, and stability) because intelligence thinks each of them separately.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3|Plotinos (Plotinus)
Ibn Daud does not make use of creation to prove the existence of God, but neither does he posit eternal motion as Aristotle does.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
To posit nature by thought is to posit something irreducible to thought and therefore unthinkable.
The Reform of Education|Giovanni Gentile
They say they took it from August 14 for a month, and paid a dee-posit, and they was to come in to-day.
The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for posit

posit

/ (ˈpɒzɪt) /

verb (tr)

to assume or put forward as fact or the factual basis for an argument; postulate

to put in position

noun

a fact, idea, etc, that is posited; assumption

Word Origin for posit

C17: from Latin pōnere to place, position

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