Verb
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to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
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speculate,
theorize,
theorise,
conjecture,
hypothesise,
hypothecate,
suppose |
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anticipate,
expect be a forerunner of or occur earlier than; "This composition anticipates Impressionism"
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retrace,
reconstruct,
construct cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
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explicate,
formulate,
develop elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
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