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posit(dictionary)

posit (iou)



posit verb & noun. M17.
[Latin posit- pa. ppl stem of ponere to place.]
A. verb trans.
Put in position; set, dispose, situate; place. M17.
Chiefly Logic & Philosophy. Assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument; affirm the existence of; postulate. Opp. SUBLATE 2. L17.
H. Carpenter This fantastic strain of writing..posited the existence of Arcadian societies. P. Grosskurth Freud posited a structural theory of the mind.
b. noun. Philosophy. A statement made on the assumption that it will prove acceptable. M20.