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hypothecate

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hy⋅poth⋅e⋅cate

1  [hahy-poth-i-keyt, hi-]
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–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
1. to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
2. to put in pledge by delivery, as stocks given as security for a loan.
Origin:
1675–85; < ML hypothēcātus, ptp. of hypothēcāre. See hypothec, -ate 1

Related forms:
hy⋅poth⋅e⋅ca⋅tion, noun
hy⋅poth⋅e⋅ca⋅tor, noun

hy⋅poth⋅e⋅cate

2  [hahy-poth-i-keyt, hi-]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
hypothesize.
Origin:
1905–10; < Gk hypothk(ē) suggestion, counsel (akin to hypotithénai to assume, suppose) + -ate 1

Related forms:
hy⋅poth⋅e⋅cat⋅er, noun

hy⋅poth⋅e⋅size

  [hahy-poth-uh-sahyz, hi-] verb, -sized, -siz⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to form a hypothesis.
–verb (used with object)
2. to assume by hypothesis.
Also, hypothecate; especially British, hy⋅poth⋅e⋅sise.

Origin:
1730–40; hypothes(is) + -ize

Related forms:
hy⋅poth⋅e⋅siz⋅er, noun
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hy·poth·e·cate   (hī-pŏth'ĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   hy·poth·e·cat·ed, hy·poth·e·cat·ing, hy·poth·e·cates
To pledge (property) as security or collateral for a debt without transfer of title or possession.

[Medieval Latin hypothēcāre, hypothēcāt-, from Latin hypothēca, pledge, deposit, from Greek hupothēkē, from hupotithenai, to give as a pledge, suppose; see hypothesis.]
hy·poth'e·ca'tion n., hy·poth'e·ca'tor n.
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Hypothecate

Hy*poth"e*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hypothecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Hypothecating.] [LL. hypothecatus, p. p. of hypothecare to pledge, fr. L. hypotheca pledge, security. See Hypotheca.] (Law) 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.

He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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hypothecate

To pledge securities as collateral for a loan without giving up ownership of the securities. See also rehypothecate.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: hy·poth·e·cate
Pronunciation: hi-'pä-th&-"kAt, hI-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed; -cat·ing
Etymology: Medieval Latin hypothecare to pledge, from Late Latin hypotheca pledge, from Greek hypothEkE, from hypotithenai to put under, deposit as pledge
: to pledge as security without delivery of title or possession —compare PAWN —hy·poth·e·ca·tion /-"pä-th&-'kA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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