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Posted: **Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:46 pm**

pos·it (pzt)
tr.v. pos·it·ed, pos·it·ing, pos·its
1. To assume the existence of; postulate. See Synonyms at presume.
2. To put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest: "If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better" Anthony Burgess.
3. To place firmly in position.

[From Latin positus, past participle of pnere, to place; see position.]

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mark one-more-small-word-deposited Bailey

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:16 pm**

Now that it's three years old, I posit that it is time to comment on this word. Am I positive? Yes, as I just did so.

Yee Ha!

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2010 7:58 pm**

And I posit that you are turning into the king of commenting on older posts.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2010 8:48 pm**

And I posit that you are turning into the king of commenting on older posts.

Aye, I'll accept the crown. The reign will soon end, though. There aren't all that many left for me to latch on to. A large number of the unanswered posts remaining are mine, so I obviously can't do anything with those. After that, or perhaps much earlier, I'll go away.

Posted: **Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:16 pm**

"Posit" can also be a noun, meaning something that is posited.

I call myself "Positor" on a philosophy forum.

There aren't all that many left for me to latch on to. A large number of the unanswered posts remaining are mine, so I obviously can't do anything with those.

There are over 250 unanswered posts that are not yours, so I think you'll be busy for a while yet.