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plural posits
Something that is posited; a postulate. examples
(aviation) Abbreviation of position. examples
third-person singular simple present posits, present participle positing, simple past and past participle posited
Assume the existence of; to postulate. quotations examples
some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.
1908, ARISTOTLE, translated by W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 5
Propose for consideration or study; to suggest. examples
Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position. quotations examples
Among many Indians, however, an exonormative view, which even today posits British English as the target model, appears to be firmly in place.
2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 113