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Definition of Hypothecate
1. Verb. Pledge without delivery or title of possession.
Generic synonyms: Pledge
2. Verb. To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. "They hypothecate that there was a traffic accident "; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Exact synonyms: Conjecture, Hypothesise, Hypothesize, Speculate, Suppose, Theorise, Theorize
Specialized synonyms: Construct, Reconstruct, Retrace, Develop, Explicate, Formulate
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Expect
Derivative terms: Conjecture, Conjecture, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Speculation, Speculative, Speculator, Supposal, Supposition, Theorisation, Theoriser, Theory, Theory, Theorizer, Theory, Theory
Specialized synonyms: Construct, Reconstruct, Retrace, Develop, Explicate, Formulate
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Expect
Derivative terms: Conjecture, Conjecture, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Hypothesis, Speculation, Speculative, Speculator, Supposal, Supposition, Theorisation, Theoriser, Theory, Theory, Theorizer, Theory, Theory
Definition of Hypothecate
1. v. t. To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry.
Definition of Hypothecate
1. Verb. (legal) To pledge property or an existing mortgage as surety for a loan ¹
2. Verb. (politics British) To designate a new tax or tax increase for a specific expenditure ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypothecate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]