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implying |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr & vb n. {Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf {Implicate}, {Apply}.] 1. To infold or involve; to wrap up [Obs.] ``His head in curls implied.'' --Chapman. 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as war implies fighting. Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious intention is implied. --Bp. Sherlock. When a man employs a laborer to work for him . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. --Blackstone. 3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.] Whence might this distaste arise? If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will To which I most imply it --J. Webster. Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean denote; signify; betoken. See {Involve}.
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