Hypertext Webster Gateway: "imply"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ},
{Ply}, and cf. {Implicate}, {Apply}.]
1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] ``His head in
curls implied.'' --Chapman.

2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference,
or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as,
war implies fighting.

Where a mulicious act is proved, a mulicious
intention is implied. --Bp.
Sherlock.

When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .
the act of hiring implies an obligation and a
promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward
for his services. --Blackstone.

3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]

Whence might this distaste arise?

If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To
which I most imply it. --J. Webster.

Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote;
signify; betoken. See {Involve}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

imply
v 1: express or state indirectly [syn: {connote}]
2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means
that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: {entail},
{mean}]
4: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: {incriminate}, {inculpate}]
5: have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This
decision involves many changes" [syn: {involve}]


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