assume as a fact; put forward as a basis of argument.'the Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature '
put in position; place. 'the Professor posits Cohen in his second category of poets '
a place where someone or something is located or has been put. 'the distress call had given the ship's position '
a particular way in which someone or something is placed or arranged. 'he moved himself into a reclining position '
