posit
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- n (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
- v put (something somewhere) firmly
She posited her hand on his shoulder
deposit the suitcase on the bench - v put before
- v take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
He posited three basic laws of nature
- The radio play itself became a textbook example of mass hysteria: in 1940, Princeton psychologist Hadley Cantril used an analysis of listeners' reactions to posit that social .
- Benjamin Franklin a spy? The very idea seems ludicrous; one might as well posit that George Washington abandoned Long Island in a deliberate attempt to subvert the American .
- For example, they posit the scandalous possibility that pictures of Princess Margaret, engaging in a threesome on a Caribbean island have been stored in one of the boxes by a .