Hypertext Webster Gateway: "implicate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Implicate \Im"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implicated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Implicating}.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of
implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See
{Employ}, {Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicit}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
implicate
v 1: bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is
implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"
2: impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or
result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: {entail}]
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