Verb

• S: (v) hypothecate (pledge without delivery or title of possession)
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• S: (v) speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds) "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
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• S: (v) reconstruct, construct, retrace (reassemble mentally) "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
• S: (v) etymologize, etymologise (construct the history of words)
• S: (v) explicate, formulate, develop (elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses) "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
• S: (v) mature (develop and work out fully in one's mind) "I need to mature my thoughts"
• S: (v) redevelop, reformulate (formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or hypothesis)
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