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Posit

To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.

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Broader term 12

Advise 76% connected

To give advice to; to offer an opinion, as worthy or expedient to be followed; to counsel; to warn.

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Lay 76% connected

of Lie, to recline.

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Place 76% connected

Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; sit…

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Pose 76% connected

Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Presuppose 76% connected

To suppose beforehand; to imply as antecedent; to take for granted; to assume; as, creation presupposes a creator.

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Propose 76% connected

To set forth.

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Proposition 76% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Put 76% connected

A pit.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

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Suppose 76% connected

To represent to one's self, or state to another, not as true or real, but as if so, and with a view to some consequence or application which the real…

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Manner of action 4

Assert 76% connected

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

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Bury 76% connected

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

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Insist 76% connected

To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.

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Sediment 76% connected

The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

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Assumption 76% connected

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon one's self; the act of taking up or adopting.

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Premise 76% connected

A proposition antecedently supposed or proved; something previously stated or assumed as the basis of further argument; a condition; a supposition.

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Premiss 76% connected

Premise.

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Derivationally related 4

Postulation 74% connected

The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Postulation 74% connected

The act of postulating, or that which is postulated; assumption; solicitation; suit; cause.

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Submission 74% connected

The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedienc…

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Submission 74% connected

The act of submitting; the act of yielding to power or authority; surrender of the person and power to the control or government of another; obedienc…

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Synonym 6

Deposit 92% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Fix 92% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Postulate 92% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Situate 92% connected

Alt. of Situated

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State 92% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Submit 92% connected

To let down; to lower.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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