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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IM'PLICATE, v.t. [L. implico, implicatus; in and plico, to fold.]
1. To infold; to involve; to entangle. [Seldom used in its literal sense.]
2. To involve; to bring into connection with; also, to show or prove to be connected or concerned; as, the evidence does not implicate the accused person in this conspiracy.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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, implicate]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-cated; -cating) Etymology: Middle English, to convey by implication, from Medieval Latin implicatus, past participle of implicare, from Latin, to entwine, involve — more at employ Date: 15th century 1. to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference ; imply 2. archaic to fold or twist together ; entwine 3. a. to bring into intimate or incriminating connection <evidence that implicates him in the bombing> b. to involve in the nature or operation of something

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by in) show (a person) to be concerned or involved (in a charge, crime, etc.). 2 (in passive; often foll. by in) be affected or involved. 3 lead to as a consequence or inference. --n. a thing implied. Derivatives: implicative adj. implicatively adv. Etymology: L implicatus past part. of implicare (as IN-(2), plicare, plicat- or plicit- fold)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(implicates, implicating, implicated) To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal. He was obliged to resign when one of his own aides was implicated in a financial scandal... He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate Stu. VERB: V n in n, V n see also implicated • implication ...his implication in a murder.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Infold, entangle. 2. Involve, entangle, make participator, bring into connection with. 3. Prove to be concerned or participant in, show to be privy to or an abettor of.

Moby Thesaurus

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