hypotheticate

English

Verb

hypotheticate (third-person singular simple present hypotheticates, present participle hypotheticating, simple past and past participle hypotheticated)

1. (nonstandard) Rare form of hypothesize.
   • 1903, The British Journal of Radiology, volumes 8-9, page 275:

     The atomic theory hypotheticates a limit atmospheres about their nuclei.

   • 1905, Herbert George Wells, chapter 7, in A Modern Utopia:

     "These are the mere translation of the social facts we have hypotheticated into the language of costume."

Further reading

• “hypotheticate, hypothesize”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.