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Webster 1913 Edition
Implication
Imˊpli-ca′tion
,Noun.
[L.
implicatio
: cf. F. implication
.] 1.
The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the
implication
of component parts. Boyle.
2.
An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary
implication
that there were other things which he could not do. Hallam.
Webster 1828 Edition
Implication
IMPLICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of infolding or involving.2.
Involution; entanglement. Three principal causes of firmness are, the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of the component parts.
3.
An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; a tacit inference, or something fairly to be understood,though not expressed in words. The doctors are, by implication of a different opinion.