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    im·pli·cate
    /ˈimpləˌkāt/

    verb

    • 1. show (someone) to be involved in a crime: "police claims implicated him in many more killings" Similar incriminatecompromiseinvolveconnectOpposite absolve
    • 2. convey (a meaning or intention) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly; imply: "by saying that coffee would keep her awake, Mary implicated that she didn't want any" Similar implysuggesthintintimate

    noun

    • 1. a thing implied.

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › implicateImplicate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of IMPLICATE is to bring into intimate or incriminating connection. How to use implicate in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishIMPLICATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    IMPLICATE definition: 1. to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has…. Learn more.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › implicateImplicate - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    The verb implicate means "to connect or involve in something." For example, your cousins might implicate you in the planning of a big party for your grandparents. Implicate comes from the Latin word implicare, meaning "to entwine, involve." When you implicate someone, you bring him or her into a group or to pitch in on a project.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › implicateIMPLICATE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Implicate definition: to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner. See examples of IMPLICATE used in a sentence.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryIMPLICATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    IMPLICATE meaning: 1. to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has…. Learn more.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishIMPLICATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › implicateImplicate - definition of implicate by The Free Dictionary

    1. to show to be involved, esp in a crime. 2. to involve as a necessary inference; imply: his protest implicated censure by the authorities. 3. to affect intimately: this news implicates my decision. 4. rare to intertwine or entangle. [C16: from Latin implicāre to involve, from im- + plicāre to fold] implicativeadj. imˈplicativelyadv.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › implicateimplicate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    implicate something (in/as something) to show or suggest that something is the cause of something bad The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak. Idioms. be implicated in something. to be involved in a crime; to be responsible for something bad Senior officials were implicated in the scandal.

  10. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › implicateimplicate | meaning of implicate in Longman Dictionary of...

    implicate meaning, definition, what is implicate: to show or suggest that someone is invol...: Learn more.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › implicateIMPLICATE | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    IMPLICATE meaning: to show that someone or something is involved in something bad, especially a crime: . Learn more.

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