v.
/
ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
- show to be involved in a crime.
▸
(be implicated in)
bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process).
- convey (a meaning) indirectly; imply.
n.
/
ˈɪmplɪkət/
Logic a thing implied.
Derivative
- implicative
/ɪmˈplɪkətɪv/
adj. - implicatively adv.
Etymology
ME (orig. in the sense ‘entwine’; cf. employ and imply): from L. implicatus ‘folded in’, past part. of implicare (see imply).
