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hypothecate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hypothecate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hypothecate [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'hypothecate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . hypothecate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
Example in sentence:
  • Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps