Assume the existence of; to postulate.
Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
Something that is posited; a postulate.
To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature.
To put by fraud in the place of another.
To theorize or hypothesize.
To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.