'Posit' definitions:
Definition of 'posit'
(from WordNet)
noun
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: postulate, posit]
verb
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, posit, deposit]
verb
verb
Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature" [syn: postulate, posit]
Definition of 'Posit'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'posit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Posit'
- Posited,
- Positing,
- Position,
- Positional,
- Positive,
- Positively,
- Positiveness,
- Positivity,
- positioned,
- positioning,
- Angle of position,
- Double position,
- Guns of position,
- Key of a position,
- Position finder,
- Position micrometer,
- Positive crystals,
- Positive degree,
- Positive demonstration,
- Positive electricity,
- Positive eyepiece,
- Positive law,
- Positive motion,
- Positive philosophy,
- Positive pole,
- Positive quantity,
- Positive rotation,
- Positive sign,
- Positively charged,
- Positively electrified,
- Reversed positive,
- Single position,
- Strategic position,
- angular position,
- ballet position,
- cleanup position,
- favorable position,
- favourable position,
- fee position,
- front position,
- lithotomy position,
- lotus position,
- military position,
- missionary position,
- pole position,
- position effect,
- position paper,
- positional notation,
- positive charge,
- positive chemotaxis,
- positive correlation,
- positive feedback,
- positive fraud,
- positive hydrotropism,
- positive identification,
- positive muon,
- positive phototaxis,
- positive phototropism,
- positive reinforcer,
- positive stimulus,
- positive thigmotaxis,
- rh positive,
- unfavorable position,
- Electro-positive,
- Global Positioning System,
- Self-posited,
- Self-positing,
- gram-positive,
- positional representation system,
- positive magnetic pole,
- positive reinforcing stimulus,
- rh-positive,
- rh-positive blood type