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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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