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Noun: posit  pózit
  1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
    - postulate
Verb: posit  pózit
  1. Put (something somewhere) firmly
    "She posited her hand on his shoulder"
    - situate, fix, deposit
     
  2. Put before
    - submit, state, put forward
     
  3. Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
    "He posited three basic laws of nature"
    - postulate

Derived forms: posited, positing, posits

See also: position

Type of: advise, lay, place, pose, position, presuppose, propose, proposition, put, set, suggest, suppose

Encyclopedia: Posit