HYPOTHECATE

• (verb) to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

  "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

  synonyms : conjecture , hypothesise , hypothesize , speculate , suppose , theorise , theorize

• (verb) pledge without delivery or title of possession

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