implicate.
To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
First attested in the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicaten (poorly attested), from implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; involved, connected (with)”, possibly also used as the past participle of implicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin implicātus, perfect passive participle of implicō (“to entangle, involve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from plicō (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and employ.
The thing implied.
Where this word comes from
First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; incolved, connected (with)”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix), -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Intertwined, enfolded, twisted together; wrapped up (with), entangled, involved (in).
Intertwined, enfolded, twisted together; wrapped up (with), entangled, involved (in). used in implicate order
Involved, intricate.
Where this word comes from
First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; incolved, connected (with)”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix), -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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