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pos⋅it

  [poz-it]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to place, put, or set.
2. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.
–noun
3. something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.
Origin:
1640–50; < L positus, ptp. of pōnere to place, put
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pos·it   (pŏz'ĭt)   
tr.v.   pos·it·ed, pos·it·ing, pos·its
  1. To assume the existence of; postulate. See Synonyms at presume.
  2. 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).
  3. To place firmly in position.

[From Latin positus, past participle of pōnere, to place; see position.]
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