posit

posit
    n 1: (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to
         provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: {postulate},
         {posit}]
    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}, {posit},
         {deposit}]
    2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
       [syn: {submit}, {state}, {put forward}, {posit}]
    3: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited
       three basic laws of nature" [syn: {postulate}, {posit}]
    

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]
    

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "posit":
      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