posited
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
2.(Logic) To assume as real or conceded; as, to posit a principle. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]