hypothecate

Verb	1.	hypothecate - pledge without delivery or title of possession pledge - give as a guarantee; "I pledge my honor"
	2.	hypothecate - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" conjecture, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, theorise, theorize, suppose reconstruct, retrace, construct - reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" anticipate, expect - regard something as probable or likely; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" formulate, explicate, develop - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"

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