Antonyms for posit
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : poz-it |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒz ɪt |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for posit
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