Pos"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posited; p. pr. & vb. n. Positing.] [L. ponere, positum, to place. See Position.]
1.
To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
Sir M. Hale.
2. Logic
To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle.
Sir W. Hamilton.
© Webster 1913.