Posit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Posit \Pos"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Posited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Positing}.] [L. ponere, positum, to place. See {Position}.]
     1. To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose
        in relation to other objects. --Sir M. Hale.
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     2. (Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a
        principle. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  posit
       n : (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to
           provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: {postulate}]
       v 1: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on
            his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
            your eyes on this spot" [syn: {situate}, {fix}, {deposit}]
       2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
          [syn: {submit}, {state}, {put forward}]
       3: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited
          three basic laws of nature" [syn: {postulate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "posit":
     advance, apriorism, assert, assume, hypothesize, lay, lay down,
     offer, park, place, pose, post, postulate, postulation, predicate,
     premise, presume, presumption, presupposition, propose, propound,
     put, put forth, put forward, seat, set, set forth, station, stick,
     submit, supposition, thesis