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.

Origin of posit

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

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Examples from the Web for posited

Contemporary Examples

Cheri Jacobus, a Republican political consultant, posited that there is something else at play.
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Keli Goff
August 18, 2014
A few years later, Baum posited that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else.
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ProPublica
April 23, 2014
Under that standard, all of the hypotheticals I posited above are constitutional.
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Geoffrey R. Stone
April 3, 2014
Or as Sen. Lee posited, “Many of you may have been told that this is a lost cause.”
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Michelle Cottle
February 28, 2014
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

Historical Examples

Hence he posited as many separate Intelligences as there are spheres.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy
Isaac Husik
The eternal existence of the soul is posited by every school of Hindu thought.
India, Its Life and Thought
John P. Jones
Number, therefore, cannot be posited among the primary genera.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3
Plotinos (Plotinus)
But this posited object is nothing other than the positing subject.
A History of Philosophy in Epitome
Albert Schwegler
The necessary, when posited as its own ground, identical with itself, is substance.
A History of Philosophy in Epitome
Albert Schwegler

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

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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Examples 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.

The eternal existence of the soul is posited by every school of Hindu thought.

Number, therefore, cannot be posited among the primary genera.

But this posited object is nothing other than the positing subject.

The necessary, when posited as its own ground, identical with itself, is substance.

posit

Word Origin

Word Origin and History for posited

posit

v.

Origin of posit