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[flaming-tyger.livejournal.com]

posit-verb [poz-it]
1. to place, put, or set.
2. to lay down or assume as a fact or principle; postulate

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/posit

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[kristaters.livejournal.com]

whats the relation to "deposit?" when you put "DE" onto a word doesn't it mean to undo it or to do the opposite? but it seems they mean the same thing...

[angrycherokee.livejournal.com]

de-
a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (decide); also used to indicate privation, removal, and separation (dehumidify), negation (demerit; derange), descent (degrade; deduce), reversal (detract), intensity (decompound).

[ms-octopus-lady.livejournal.com]

OT: Who is that in your icon?

[angrycherokee.livejournal.com]

Mine? Fox Mulder from The X-Files

[footlights16.livejournal.com]

yeah, the prefix "de-" in Latin means "down from," "about," or "concerning"

[waitresschic.livejournal.com]

I posit this is a wonderful word and I will use it often.

[michie3.livejournal.com]

How would this be used in a sentence? It doesn't seem like you can
just stick it in any old sentence as a verb... doesn't sound right does
it?

ex: I will posit the plate on the table.
He has positted the journal on the shelf.
How should I posit this?

Are those right? :o

[gumby-145.livejournal.com]

most often i've heard this word used as a synonymn of "suggest" when referring to an idea or theory.

example:

Some psychologist posit that the subconscious can retain memories from as early on as life in the womb.

I like this word

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