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English Dictionary: hypothetic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hypothetic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypothetic adj 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" Synonym(s): conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hypothetic \Hy`pothet"ic\, Hypothetical \Hy`pothet"ical\, a. [L. hypotheticus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. hypoth[82]tique.] 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. Causes hypothetical at least, if not real, for the various phenomena of the existence of which our experience informs us. --Sir W. Hamilton. {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. -- {Hy`pothet"ically}, adv. --South.