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 imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.
Thought, imagination, or conjecture, which may be based upon feeble or scanty evidence; suspicion; guess.
Reflection; thought; posit.