Implicate

noun

/ˈɪmplɪkət/

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounThe thing implied.

2.verb(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."

3.verbTo imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.

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

4.verbTo imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.

5.verbTo fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

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