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.