posit

To posit is defined as to assume as fact, to suggest or to set in place.

(verb)

An example of to posit is to present a theory of how something happened.

See posit in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

Origin: < L positus: see position

See posit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb pos·it·ed, pos·it·ing, pos·its

To assume the existence of; postulate. See Synonyms at presume.
To put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest: “If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better” (Anthony Burgess).
To place firmly in position.

Origin:

Origin: From Latin positus

Origin: , past participle of pōnere, to place; see position

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