11 letters · 24 points in Scrabble
verb pledge without delivery or title of possession
verb to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
originFrom Latin hypothecatus, past participle of hypotheco, hypothecare. This was in turn derived from Ancient Greek ὑποθήκη (hupothḗkē, “pledge”), from the verb ὑποτίθημι (hupotíthēmi, “to pledge as surety”).
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