positing Definition

posit
verb posited, positing

1. To lay down or assume something as a basis for discussion; to postulate.

Thesaurus: state, assert, propound, advance, postulate, put forward, submit, pose, predicate, presume, assume; Antonym: refute.
2. To place something in position.

Thesaurus: place, set, fix, secure, fasten.

noun

1. philos.
A statement made on the assumption that it will be proved valid.

Etymology: 17c: from Latin ponere, positum to place.