What is the meaning of theorize?

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.
- usage: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
- synonyms: speculate, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
Construct a theory about.
- usage: "Galileo theorized the motion of the stars"
Form or construct theories.
- usage: "he thinks and theorizes all day"

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