posit >> /ˈpɑzət/
Definition: [verb] Assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument.
Example: the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature
Definition: [verb] Put in position; place.
Example: the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets
Definition: [noun] A statement which is made on the assumption that it will prove to be true.
Example: Aristotle divides posits into two types, definitions and hypotheses.