hypothecate
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(verb) pledge without delivery or title of possession |
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Related Words: pledge |
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(verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps." |
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Synonyms: conjecture, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize |
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Related Words: anticipate, construct, develop, expect, explicate, formulate, reconstruct, retrace |
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