posit

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 576 words | Copyright

posit (chiefly in pp.) situate, place; assume, lay down as a basis. XVII. f. posit-, pp. stem of L. pōnere place.
So position †laying down, affirmation, proposition stated XV; place occupied XVI; posture, attitude XVIII. — (O)F. or L., f. posit-, rendering Gr. thésis THESIS, théma THEME. positive formally or explicitly stated XIII; unqualified XV; dealing with fact XVI; affirmative, additive XVII. — (O)F. or L. positivism (philos.) XIX. — F. positivisme, for earlier philosophie positive. positron XX. f. POSI(TIVE), (ELEC)TRON.

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