Hypothesis

hi-poth'e-sis, n. a supposition a pro- position a umed for the sake of argument: a theory to be pmvid or disproved by reference to facts: a provisional explanation of anything. flat ‘that which placed under,’ Gr. hypo, under, tithemi, to place Hypothetic, hi-po-im.t’ik, Hypothetical, In-pothet'ik-al, ad/, belonging to hypothesis: condmonal. adv. Hypothetically. [Gr. kypotheiii.es