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安置,布置,断定

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

posit
     v 1: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on
          his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix
          your eyes on this spot" [syn: {situate}, {fix}, {deposit}]
     2: put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
        [syn: {submit}, {state}, {put forward}]
     3: take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited
        three basic laws of nature" [syn: {postulate}]

posit
     n : (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to
         provide a basis for logical reasoning [syn: {postulate}]