hypothecate
1 of 2verb (1)
hy·poth·e·cate hi-ˈpä-thə-ˌkāt 
hī-
hypothecated; hypothecating
transitive verb
: to pledge as security without delivery of title or possession
hypothecation
hi-ˌpä-thə-ˈkā-shən
noun hī-
hypothecator
hi-ˈpä-thə-ˌkā-tər
noun hī-
hypothecate
2 of 2verb (2)
hy·poth·e·cate hī-ˈpä-thə-ˌkāt
hypothecated; hypothecating
transitive verb
: hypothesize
Synonyms
Verb (2)
- assume
- hypothesize
- postulate
- premise
- presume
- presuppose
- say
- suppose
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Medieval Latin hypothecare to pledge, from Late Latin hypotheca pledge, from Greek hypothēkē, from hypotithenai to put under, deposit as a pledge
Verb (2)
Greek hypothēkē suggestion, from hypotithenai
First Known Use
Verb (1)
1681, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1906, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
hypothecate
transitive verb
hy·poth·e·cate hi-ˈpä-thə-ˌkāt, hī-
hypothecated; hypothecating
: to pledge as security without delivery of title or possession compare pawn
hypothecate
verb
as in to assume
to take as true or as a fact without actual proof even before a single vote had been cast, media pundits were hypothecating that the former senator would be the party's nominee Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- assume
- say
- presume
- believe
- postulate
- suppose
- presuppose
- hypothesize
- think
- figure
- accept
- conclude
- premise
- guess
- dream
- credit
- infer
- insist
- imagine
- deduce
- declare
- claim
- assert
- maintain
- speculate
- perceive
- surmise
- affirm
- conceive
- take for granted
- suspect
- swallow
- contend
- judge
- avow
- conjecture
- aver
- theorize
- allege
- gather
- reckon
- avouch
- fancy
- suspicion
- profess
- take
- preconceive
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- controvert
- doubt
- discount
- deny
- disagree (with)
- challenge
- discredit
- dispute
- wonder (about)
- question
- repudiate
- distrust
- reject
- disclaim
- disavow
- mistrust
- disbelieve
- refute
- disprove
- disown
- rebut
- belie
- confute