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Webster 1913 Edition

Implicate

Im′pli-cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Implicated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Implicating
.]
[L.
implicatus
, p. p. of
implicare
to involve; pref.
im-
in +
plicare
to fold. See
Employ
,
Ply
, and cf.
Imply
,
Implicit
.]
1.
To infold; to fold together; to interweave.
The meeting boughs and
implicated
leaves.
Shelley.
2.
To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; – applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense;
as, the evidence
implicates
many in this conspiracy; to be
implicated
in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Implicate

IM'PLICATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. implico, implicatus; in and plico, to fold.]
1.
To infold; to involve; to entangle. [Seldom used in its literal sense.]
2.
To involve; to bring into connection with; also, to show or prove to be connected or concerned; as, the evidence does not implicate the accused person in this conspiracy.

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