Word Meanings - HYPOTHESIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the point in question; something not proved, but assumed for the purpose of argument, or to account for a fact or an occurrence; as, the hypothesis that head winds detain an overdue steamer.

• Provencial
  Of or pertaining to Provence in France.
• Provide
  To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
• Provincially
  In a provincial manner.
• Argumentation
  The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of inferring propositions, not known or admitted as true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true
• Provocative
  Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.
• Detained
  of Detain
• Purposer
  One who brings forward or proposes anything; a proposer.
• Supposed
  of Suppose
• Point-device
  Alt. of Point-devise
• Whichsoever
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one (of two or more) which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• Proof-proof
  Proof against proofs; obstinate in the wrong.
• PROVENIENCE
  Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; -- used esp. in the fine arts and in archæology; as, the provenience of a patera.
• Provend
  See Provand.
• Providence
  The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
• Provinciate
  To convert into a province or provinces.
• Argumentative
  Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.
• Provocativeness
  Quality of being provocative.
• Detaining
  of Detain
• Question
  The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

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