Synonyms for posit

Grammar : Verb

Spell : poz-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒz ɪt

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Définition of posit

Origin : "to assert," 1690s, from Latin positus "placed, situated, standing, planted," past participle of ponere "put, place" (see position). Related: Posited; positing.

verb suppose

Example sentences :

Now why should we not posit quantity among the primary genera?
Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)

For how can he commend self-control and yet posit pleasure as the supreme good?
Extract from : « De Officiis » by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Let me posit here the ideal conditions for a morning pipe as I know them.
Extract from : « Shandygaff » by Christopher Morley

There was no way to wound her so deeply as to posit its reality and identify it with her.
Extract from : « Love's Pilgrimage » by Upton Sinclair

If so, we may at least posit that almost unbounded license must be allowed the pen which aims simply to raise a laugh.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

They posit one central thought and throw light upon it from a circle of separate reflectors.
Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson

Ibn Daud does not make use of creation to prove the existence of God, but neither does he posit eternal motion as Aristotle does.
Extract from : « A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy » by Isaac Husik

It is scientifically inadmissible to posit a "religious faculty" organically ear-marked for religious use.
Extract from : « Religion & Sex » by Chapman Cohen

All that compels us rationally to posit the existence of soul, is its works, good and evil.
Extract from : « The Unpopular Review Vol. I » by Various

When it is posited as we are wont to posit the things we see and taste and handle.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 » by Various

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