posit

[poz-it]

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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

1640–50; < Latin positus, past participle of pōnere to place, put

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Examples from the Web for posited

Cheri Jacobus, a Republican political consultant, posited that there is something else at play.
Why Do Voters Stick With Hypocrites Like Scott DesJarlais?|Keli Goff|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few years later, Baum posited that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Under that standard, all of the hypotheticals I posited above are constitutional.
Judges Now Recognize Anti-Gay Marriage Laws Are Irrational|Geoffrey R. Stone|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or as Sen. Lee posited, “Many of you may have been told that this is a lost cause.”
Tea Party Is 5! No More Tantrums?|Michelle Cottle|February 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

It was first posited that they were Japanese soldiers who had died while crossing the area during World War II.
India’s Mysterious Skeleton Lake|Nina Strochlic|December 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The eternal existence of the soul is posited by every school of Hindu thought.
India, Its Life and Thought|John P. Jones
The two positions are to be conciliated in the thought of reciprocal limitation of the posited ego and non-ego.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8|Various
The whole which is present for discrimination is posited in sense-awareness as necessary for the discriminated parts.
The Concept of Nature|Alfred North Whitehead
Or have they been created and posited, as it were, in the soul, when it began to exist?
Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries, Vol. 2|Henry Hallam
There were other things—a luster chandelier, quaintly-wrought hearth-irons, a carved wood mantel—that posited to bygone days.
The Long Portage|Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for posited

posit

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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Word Origin and History for posited

posit

"to assert," 1690s, from Latin positus "placed, situated, standing, planted," past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position). Related: Posited; positing.

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