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hypothesize

hy·poth·e·size [ hī póthə sz ] (past and past participle hy·poth·e·sized, present participle hy·poth·e·siz·ing, 3rd person present singular hy·poth·e·siz·es)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
make hypothesis: to offer something as a hypothesis, or form a hypothesis
Let us, for the moment, hypothesize that the Earth is flat.


hy·poth·e·siz·er noun
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