implicate
/ˈɪmplɪkət//ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
noun
- 1
The thing implied.
verb
- 1
(with “in”) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
“The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.”
- 2
To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
“What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?”
- 3
To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
- 4
To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
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