posit

 
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒzɪt/

verb (posits, positing, posited)

  • 1 [with object] put forward as fact or as a basis for argument: the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature
  • (posit something on) base something on the truth of (a particular assumption): these plots are posited on a false premise about women’s nature as inferior
  • 2 [with object and adverbial] put in position; place: the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets

noun

Philosophy
  • a statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Latin posit- 'placed', from the verb ponere