hypothesizev.
/hʌɪˈpɒθᵻsʌɪz/, /hᵻˈpɒθᵻsʌɪz/, U.S. /haɪˈpɑθəˌsaɪz/ 1. intransitive. To frame a hypothesis or supposition.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > form a hypothesis [verb (intransitive)]
conject1588
case1647
hypothesize1738
1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 421 After the Greeks began to hypothesise.
1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi Ded. When I..presumed to hypothesize, I have merely suggested doubts without conclusions, which, if deemed worth, may hereafter be analyzed by men of genius and science.
1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xxii It is difficult to apportion their authorship..though easy enough to hypothesize.
2. transitive. To make the hypothesis of; to assume.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > form a hypothesis [verb (transitive)]
case1647
hypothesize1856
hypothetize1895
hypothecate1906
1856 W. H. Thompson in W. A. Butler's Hist. Anc. Philos. I. 317 (note) They hypothesize a vacuum through which the emanative particles pass.
1883 Nature 8 Feb. 355/2 Professor Quincke hypothesizes the presence..of a colourless iron-albumen.
1894 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 818 At all social gatherings there is an hypothesised equality of rank.
Derivatives
hypothesizer n. = hypothesist n. at hypothesis n. Derivatives.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > hypothesis > [noun] > one who forms a hypothesis
put-case1590
hypothesist1788
putter1823
hypothesizer1833
hypothetist1852
hypothetizer1891
1833 J. C. Hare in Philol. Museum 2 249 The slight difficulty attending such a hypothesis..the hypothesizer will reply, may be got over in two ways.
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