different between posit vs reposit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of p?n? (“put, place”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?z?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?z?t/
• Rhymes: -?z?t

Noun

posit (plural posits)

1. Something that is posited; a postulate.
2. (aviation) Abbreviation of position.

Usage notes

• (for meaning #2) Started by USAF Fighter pilots when needing to know the position of a wingman. I.e. Lead pilot would say "2-posit" and #2 would reply: "5 o'clock high".

Translations

Verb

posit (third-person singular simple present posits, present participle positing, simple past and past participle posited)

1. Assume the existence of; to postulate.
   • 1908: ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics. Translated by W. D. Ross., Book 1, Part 5.

     some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.

2. Propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
3. Put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

Translations

Anagrams

• piots, topis

Sambali

Noun

posít

1. squid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repositus, past participle of rep?n? (“put back”), from re- + p?n? (“put”). See position.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?z?t/

Verb

reposit (third-person singular simple present reposits, present participle repositing, simple past and past participle reposited)

1. (transitive) To cause to rest or stay; to lay away; to lodge, as for safety or preservation; to place; to store.
   • 1713, William Derham, Physico-Theology

     Others reposit their young in holes.

Related terms

• repository

Anagrams

• Epirots, Prietos, isopter, periost, periots, porites, portise, positer, prostie, riposte, ropiest