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
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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
hypothecated
verb
as in assumed
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
- assumed
- presumed
- said
- believed
- supposed
- premised
- postulated
- presupposed
- hypothesized
- thought
- accepted
- guessed
- concluded
- figured
- inferred
- dreamed
- credited
- insisted
- imagined
- declared
- claimed
- deduced
- asserted
- conjectured
- speculated
- perceived
- affirmed
- suspected
- contended
- conceived
- took for granted
- alleged
- maintained
- swallowed
- averred
- judged
- surmised
- suspicioned
- avowed
- theorized
- fancied
- reckoned
- professed
- avouched
- dreamt
- gathered
- preconceived
- took
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- controverted
- discounted
- doubted
- disputed
- discredited
- challenged
- wondered (about)
- questioned
- distrusted
- repudiated
- disagreed (with)
- disclaimed
- denied
- rejected
- disavowed
- disbelieved
- disowned
- mistrusted
- disproved
- refuted
- rebutted
- belied
- confuted
- ovens
- ovenware
- ovenwares
- over
- over a barrel
- over against
- over and above
- over and done with
- over and over
- over and over again
- over budget
- over easy
- over frame
- over freight
- over one's dead body
- over one's head
- over the counter
- over the edge
- over the ether
- over the hump
- over the limit
- over the long haul
- over the long run
- over the long term
- over the moon