posited

Verb

posit (third-person singular simple present posits, present participle positing, simple past and past participle posited)

1. To assume the existence of; to postulate.
   • some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.1908, ARISTOTLE, translated by W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 5
2. To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
   • Ray's natural theology posited that God was responsible for the near-perfect match between an animal and its environment and encouraged readers to seek evidence for God through the study of nature.2023, Tim Birkhead, Birds and Us, Penguin Books, page 193
3. To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
   • Among many Indians, however, an exonormative view, which even today posits British English as the target model, appears to be firmly in place.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 113

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