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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 incriminatecompromiseinvolveconnectembroilenmeshensnareexposearchaic:inculpateOpposite absolve
   • ▪ bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one): "the team believes he is heavily implicated in the bombing" Similar involve inconcern withassociate withconnect withtie up with
   • ▪ involve (something) in a necessary way: US "cable franchise activities plainly implicate First Amendment interests"
   • 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 implysuggesthintintimatesay indirectlyindicateinsinuategive someone to understandgive someone to believeconvey the impressionsignalinformal:make out

   noun

   • 1. a thing implied.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin implicatus ‘folded in’, past participle of implicare (see imply). The original sense was ‘entwine’; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern (implicate (sense 2 of the verb)), dates from the early 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. implicatory adjective

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

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

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   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.

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

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   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.

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

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   To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal. He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate his brother.

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

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

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

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   Definition of implicate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishIMPLICATE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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

11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › implicateimplicate - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

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