hypothetic

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective hypothetic has 1 sense

hypothetic(s = adj.all) conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious - based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hypothetic, a. [L. hypotheticus, Gr. : cf. F. hypothétique.].

Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon. [1913 Webster]

"Causes hypothetical at least, if not real, for the various phenomena of the existence of which our experience informs us." [1913 Webster]

Hypothetical baptism (Ch. of Eng.), baptism administered to persons in respect to whom it is doubtful whether they have or have not been baptized before. Hook.

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