{ Hy`po*thet"ic (?), Hy`po*thet"ic*al (?), }
a. [L. hypotheticus, Gr. ?: cf. F.
hypothétique.] Characterized by, or of the nature
of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the
purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some
fact or phenomenon.
Causes hypothetical at least, if not real, for
the various phenomena of the existence of which our experience
informs us.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Hypothetical baptism(Ch. of Eng.),
baptism administered to persons in respect to whom it is doubtful
whether they have or have not been baptized before.Hook.