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implicate |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Implicate \Im"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implicated}; p. pr & vb n. {Implicating}.] [L. implicatus p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf {Imply}, {Implicit}.] 1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. --Shelley. 2. To bring into connection with to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense as the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: implicate v : impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: {entail}]
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