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implicate
implicate
[
ímpli kayt
]
(
3rd person present singular
implicates
,
present participle
implicating
,
past and past participle
implicated
)
transitive verb
Definition:
1.
show connection of somebody with something:
to show that somebody or something played a part in or is connected to an activity such as a crime
2.
imply something:
to imply or involve something as a consequence
(
formal
)
Do you not see that his words implicate an error on my part?
3.
entangle or interweave things:
to wreathe, twist, or knit things together
(
literary
)
[
15th century. < Latin
implicat-
, past participle of
implicare
'entangle' <
plicare
'to fold'
]
implicative
[
im plíkətiv,
ímpli kaytiv
]
adjective
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implicative [ im plíkətiv, ímpli kaytiv ] adjective
