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Webster 1913 Edition
Implicate
Im′pli-cate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Implicated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Implicating
.] 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.
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.Definition 2024
implicate
implicate
English
Verb
implicate (third-person singular simple present implicates, present participle implicating, simple past and past participle implicated)
- To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
- 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 72-3:
- Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.
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- To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
- What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?
- (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
Related terms
Translations
to connect or involve
to have as a necessary circumstance
to intertwine — see intertwine
See also
Italian
Verb
implicate
- second-person plural present of implicare
- second-person plural imperative of implicare
- feminine plural past participle of implicare