Crossword clues for hypothesize
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1738, from hypothesis + -ize. Related: Hypothesized; hypothesizing.
Wiktionary
vb. (context US English) to hypothesise
WordNet
v. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" [syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
Usage examples of "hypothesize".
Hippocrates, however, did hypothesize that all mental phenomena are located in the brain, long before there was any compelling empirical evidence to support such a theory.
To sum up: when the author decides to hypothesize beyond the certainty of contemporary knowledge, he ought to keep his material and his imagination in check not only by minding the best of available data on the subject, but also his aesthetic sense.
In fact, one might hypothesize in general, the more advanced the mentation, the more factions appear to emerge, because the more complex the world appears.
But it could not answer questions about its own construction or hypothesize about its own world.
In a virtuous cycle, the more we learn, the more we will be able to extrapolate, hypothesize and understand.
The result was that even with limited information, she was prepared to reexamine it, cast away old conclusions and hypothesize new ones.
I had hypothesized in my latest jaunt through the Age of Great Buildings, lingered on in this desolate era.
It was hypothesized that the stonecutting might have been accomplished centuries ago by Andean slaves, for the joints and massive blocks were identical to masonry at Machu Picchu and in Cuzco.
Heber-Katz hypothesized that eons ago, mammals made an evolutionary trade-off.
They hypothesized through the study of yeast that prions may hold the key to genetic mutations, even play a role in evolution.
In the collection he parodies some of the naive but popular futurological scenarios, while hypothesizing on ideas whose extravagance extends beyond the scope of contemporary scientific theories.
In fact, some people were hypothesizing it might be a natural local anesthetic.
About equivalent to a youth of our preschool level, I would hypothesize.
Mehtar had hypothesized that there was a limit to the resiliency of rejuvenated cells and that Soli, who had thrice been brought back to youth, was close to that limit.
But she suspected, and Data hypothesized, that the Furies had come through this sector long before the original Enterprise encountered them.