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implicate
im·pli·cate
[
ímpli kàyt
]
(
past and past participle
im·pli·cat·ed
,
present participle
im·pli·cat·ing
,
3rd person present singular
im·pli·cates
)
transitive verb
Definition:
1.
show connection of somebody with something:
to show that somebody or something played a part in or is connected to an activity such as a crime
2.
imply something:
to imply or involve something as a consequence
(
formal
)
Do you not see that his words implicate an error on my part?
3.
entangle or interweave things:
to wreathe, twist, or knit things together
(
literary
)
[
15th century. < Latin
implicat-
, past participle of
implicare
"entangle" <
plicare
"to fold"
]
im·pli·ca·tive
[
ímpli kàytiv
]
adjective
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im·pli·ca·tive [ ímpli kàytiv ] adjective
