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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
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

Synonyms for posit

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