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1. (v.t.) hypothecate
to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering, as property.
Etymology: (1905–10; < Gk hypothēk(ē) suggestion, counsel (akin to hypotithénai to assume, suppose; see hypothecate1) + -ate1)
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1. (verb) hypothecate
pledge without delivery or title of possession
2. (verb) speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
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1. (verb) hypothecate
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
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