posit
[poz-it]
- to place, put, or set.
- to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.
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- 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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postulate, hypothesize, presuppose, gather, presume, conclude, feel, fancy, deem, expect, consider, suspect, take, conjecture, reckon, regard, understand, premise, imagine, judgeExamples from the Web for posited
Contemporary Examples
Cheri Jacobus, a Republican political consultant, posited that there is something else at play.
A few years later, Baum posited that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else.
Under that standard, all of the hypotheticals I posited above are constitutional.
Or as Sen. Lee posited, “Many of you may have been told that this is a lost cause.”
It was first posited that they were Japanese soldiers who had died while crossing the area during World War II.
Historical Examples
Hence he posited as many separate Intelligences as there are spheres.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish PhilosophyIsaac Husik
The eternal existence of the soul is posited by every school of Hindu thought.
India, Its Life and ThoughtJohn P. Jones
Number, therefore, cannot be posited among the primary genera.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3Plotinos (Plotinus)
But this posited object is nothing other than the positing subject.
A History of Philosophy in EpitomeAlbert Schwegler
The necessary, when posited as its own ground, identical with itself, is substance.
A History of Philosophy in EpitomeAlbert Schwegler
posit
- to assume or put forward as fact or the factual basis for an argument; postulate
- to put in position
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- a fact, idea, etc, that is posited; assumption
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin pōnere to place, position
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Word Origin and History for posited
posit
v.
"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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