v.
- include as a necessary part or result.
▸cause to experience or participate in an activity or situation.
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(be/get involved)
be or become occupied or engrossed in something.
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(be involved)
be engaged in an emotional or personal relationship:
Angela was involved with someone else.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (in the senses ‘enfold’ and ‘entangle’): from L. involvere, from in- ‘into’ + volvere ‘to roll’.