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involve

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Involve  \In*volve"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Involved};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Involving}.]  [L.  involvere  involutum  to  roll  about 
  wrap  up  pref.  in-  in  +  volvere  to  roll:  cf  OF  involver. 
  See  {Voluble},  and  cf  {Involute}.] 
  1.  To  roll  or  fold  up  to  wind  round;  to  entwine. 
 
  Some  of  serpent  kind  .  .  .  involved  Their  snaky 
  folds.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  envelop  completely;  to  surround;  to  cover;  to  hide;  to 
  involve  in  darkness  or  obscurity. 
 
  And  leave  a  sing[`e]d  bottom  all  involved  With 
  stench  and  smoke.  --Milton. 
 
  3.  To  complicate  or  make  intricate,  as  in  grammatical 
  structure.  ``Involved  discourses.''  --Locke. 
 
  4.  To  connect  with  something  as  a  natural  or  logical 
  consequence  or  effect;  to  include  necessarily;  to  imply. 
 
  He  knows  His  end  with  mine  involved.  --Milton. 
 
  The  contrary  necessarily  involves  a  contradiction. 
  --Tillotson. 
 
  5.  To  take  in  to  gather  in  to  mingle  confusedly;  to  blend 
  or  merge.  [R.] 
 
  The  gathering  number,  as  it  moves  along  Involves  a 
  vast  involuntary  throng.  --Pope. 
 
  Earth  with  hell  To  mingle  and  involve.  --Milton. 
 
  6.  To  envelop,  infold,  entangle,  or  embarrass;  as  to  involve 
  a  person  in  debt  or  misery. 
 
  7.  To  engage  thoroughly;  to  occupy,  employ,  or  absorb. 
  ``Involved  in  a  deep  study.''  --Sir  W.  Scott. 
 
  8.  (Math.)  To  raise  to  any  assigned  power;  to  multiply,  as  a 
  quantity,  into  itself  a  given  number  of  times;  as  a 
  quantity  involved  to  the  third  or  fourth  power. 
 
  Syn:  To  imply;  include;  implicate;  complicate;  entangle; 
  embarrass;  overwhelm. 
 
  Usage:  To  {Involve},  {Imply}.  Imply  is  opposed  to  express,  or 
  set  forth;  thus  an  implied  engagement  is  one  fairly 
  to  be  understood  from  the  words  used  or  the 
  circumstances  of  the  case,  though  not  set  forth  in 
  form  Involve  goes  beyond  the  mere  interpretation  of 
  things  into  their  necessary  relations;  and  hence  if 
  one  thing  involves  another,  it  so  contains  it  that  the 
  two  must  go  together  by  an  indissoluble  connection. 
  War,  for  example,  involves  wide  spread  misery  and 
  death;  the  premises  of  a  syllogism  involve  the 
  conclusion. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  involve 
  v  1:  connect  closely  and  often  incriminatingly;  "This  new  ruling 
  affects  your  business"  [syn:  {affect},  {regard}] 
  2:  engage  as  a  participant;  "Don't  involve  me  in  your  family 
  affairs!" 
  3:  have  as  a  necessary  feature  or  consequence;  entail;  "This 
  decision  involves  many  changes"  [syn:  {imply}] 
  4:  require  as  useful,  just  or  proper;  "It  takes  nerve  to  do 
  what  she  did";  "success  usually  requires  hard  work";  "This 
  job  asks  a  lot  of  patience  and  skill";  "This  position 
  demands  a  lot  of  personal  sacrifice";  "This  dinner  demands 
  a  spectacular  dessert"  [syn:  {necessitate},  {ask},  {need}, 
  {require},  {take},  {call  for},  {demand}]  [ant:  {obviate}] 
  5:  contain  as  a  part  "Dinner  at  Joe's  always  involves  at  least 
  six  courses" 
  6:  wrap;  "The  tower  was  involved  in  mist" 
  7:  occupy  or  engage  the  interest  of  "His  story  completely 
  involved  me  during  the  entire  afternoon" 
  8:  make  complex  or  intricate  or  complicated;  "The  situation  was 
  rather  involved"




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