hypotheticate

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A form of hypothesize — To assume or assert tentatively on uncertain grounds.

Scrabble 26

Meanings

verbhypotheticate (third-person singular simple present hypotheticates, present participle hypotheticating, simple past and past participle hypotheticated)

present singular third person hypotheticates · participle present hypotheticating · participle past hypotheticated · past hypotheticated

  1. nonstandardrareRare form of hypothesize.

    The atomic theory hypotheticates a limit atmospheres about their nuclei.

    1903, The British Journal of Radiology, volumes 8-9, page 275
    1 more example

    "These are the mere translation of the social facts we have hypotheticated into the language of costume."

    1905, Herbert George Wells, chapter 7, in A Modern Utopia

Synonyms & antonyms

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