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implicate

/ˈɪmplɪkət/

noun

Meaning

  • The thing implied.

verb

Meaning

  • (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."

  • To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.

    "What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?"

  • To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.

  • To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.