Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Posit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. (Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a
principle. --Sir W. Hamilton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited
three basic laws of nature" [syn: {postulate}]
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