Theorize Definition & Meaning

theorize
verb
  1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
  2. construct a theory about; "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars"
  3. form or construct theories; "he thinks and theorizes all day"

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