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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Posit \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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a
principle. --Sir W. Hamilton.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Posit \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.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
positing
vb.
(present participle of en posit nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
positing
vb.
(present participle of en posit nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
positing
vb.
(present participle of en posit nocat=1)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
positing
vb.
(present participle of en posit nocat=1)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
positing
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm p osit ing)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Positing /pˈɒzɪtɪŋ/
الإفتراض
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
positing /pˈɒzɪtɪŋ/
postulierend, behauptend, als gegeben hinstellend
Synonym: postulating
see: postulate sth., posit sth., postulated, posited, postulates, posits, postulated, posited
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