10 September 2014

posit

[poz-it]

verb (used with object)

1. to place, put, or set.
2. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate.
noun
3. something that is posited; an assumption; postulate.

Origin
Latin
1640-1650; < Latin positus, past participle of pōnere to place, put
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2014.

Examples from the web for posit

So let me posit something equally fair.
What I’m saying is, posit your conclusions as questions to the group.
Other scientists posit information as a basic building block of the universe, like energy and matter.

Anagram

I stop
Pi sot

Today’s aphorism

Someday, somewhere – anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.

― Pablo Neruda

On this day

10 September – World Suicide Prevention Day.

10 September 1945 – birth of José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer/musician.