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English verb: hypothecate | |||
| 1. | hypothecate (communication) pledge without delivery or title of possession | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pledge | ||
| 2. | hypothecate (cognition) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | ||
| Samples | Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps. | ||
| Examples | They hypothecate that there was a traffic accident | ||
| Synonyms | conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | anticipate, expect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | construct, develop, explicate, formulate, reconstruct, retrace | ||
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