posit
verb
[ ˈpɒzɪt ]
• put forward as fact or as a basis for argument.
• "the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature"
Similar:
postulate,
put forward,
advance,
propound,
submit,
predicate,
hypothesize,
take as a hypothesis,
set forth,
propose,
pose,
assert,
presuppose,
assume,
presume,
• put in position; place.
• "the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets"
posit
noun
• a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin posit- ‘placed’, from the verb ponere .
