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Depot is false or assumed to be true (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

posited

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'assumed to be true' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'depot is false' is the wordplay.
'false' is an anagram indicator.
'depot'+'is'='depotis'
'depotis' anagrammed gives 'POSITED'.

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(Other definitions for posited that I've seen before include "Proposed as basis for argument" , "Topside (anag.)" , "Advanced" , "Put forward as fact or as a basis for argument" , "Assumed" .)

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