0 present participle of hypothesize
1 to give a possible but not yet proved explanation for something:
There is one orchid so strangely shaped that Darwin hypothesized a moth with a 12-inch proboscis that could dip down into its long, hollow tube.
Bartoshuk's latest study found some people experience greater "oral burn" from alcohol and she hypothesized that they were less likely to become alcoholics as a result.
It is hypothesized that, in this disease, a genetic defect forces calcium to remain outside of cells rather than entering them.
In the 18th century, natural scientists began to hypothesize about the Earth having a linear history rather than an eternally recurring pattern.
Children have a natural tendency to investigate, to hypothesize, and to experiment.
These output-based studies provide some grounds for hypothesizing that there may be age-related differences in children's input processing of unfamiliar accents.
Several authors posit a direct relationship between borrowing and code-switching, hypothesizing that borrowed markers initially enter the language through codeswitching.
More analysis is needed before hypothesizing about differences in evolutionary rate between subgenera.
