1. Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
   "He posited three basic laws of nature";
   - postulate
    
2. Put before
   "I posit to you that the accused is guilty";
   - submit, state, put forward
    
3. Put (something somewhere) firmly
   "She posited her hand on his shoulder";
   - situate, fix, deposit

1. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
   "The existence of an objective reality is a common posit in scientific inquiry";
   - postulate

Derived forms: posited, positing, posits

Type of: advise, lay, place, pose, position, presuppose, propose, proposition, put, set, suggest, suppose

Encyclopedia: Posit