Hypothesise

//haɪˈpɒθəsaɪz// verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of hypothesize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "One path to salvation is that laid out by Lord May. An atheist, and president of the British Science Association, he hypothesises that religion could in fact be a protective mechanism thrown up by evolutionary processes to terrify people into prudence."

  2. 2
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds wordnet

Synonyms

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conjecturehypothecatehypothesizespeculatespeculatesuppose

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"One path to salvation is that laid out by Lord May. An atheist, and president of the British Science Association, he hypothesises that religion could in fact be a protective mechanism thrown up by evolutionary processes to terrify people into prudence."

Etymology

From hypothesis + -ise.

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