posit
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From Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“‘put, place’”).
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posit (plural posits)
- Something that is posited; a postulate.
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to posit (third-person singular simple present posits, present participle positing, simple past and past participle posited)
- Assume the existence of; to postulate.
- 1908: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross., Book 1, Part 5.
- some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.
- 1908: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross., Book 1, Part 5.
- Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
- Put (something somewhere) firmly.
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Postulate
Suggest

