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   implicate

   verb

   • 1. show (someone) to be involved in a crime: "he was implicated in a price-fixing scandal" Similar incriminatecompromiseinvolveconnectembroilenmeshensnareexposearchaic:inculpateOpposite absolve
   • ▪ bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one): "viruses are known to be implicated in the development of certain cancers" Similar involve inconcern withassociate withconnect withtie up with
   • 2. convey (a meaning) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly: "by saying that coffee would keep her awake, Mary implicated that she didn't want any" Similar implysuggesthintintimatesay indirectlyindicateinsinuategive someone to understandgive someone to believeconvey the impressionsignalinformal:make out

   noun

   • 1. a thing implied.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin implicatus ‘folded in’, past participle of implicare (see imply). The original sense was ‘entwine’; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern (implicate (sense 2 of the verb)), dates from the early 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. implicatory adjective

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   The meaning of IMPLICATE is to bring into intimate or incriminating connection. How to use implicate in a sentence.

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   IMPLICATE definition: 1. to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has…. Learn more.

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   Implicate definition: to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner. See examples of IMPLICATE used in a sentence.

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   IMPLICATE meaning: 1. to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad that has…. Learn more.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishIMPLICATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   To implicate someone means to show or claim that they were involved in something wrong or criminal.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › implicateImplicate - definition of implicate by The Free Dictionary

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   1. to show to be involved, esp in a crime. 2. to involve as a necessary inference; imply: his protest implicated censure by the authorities. 3. to affect intimately: this news implicates my decision. 4. rare to intertwine or entangle. [C16: from Latin implicāre to involve, from im- + plicāre to fold] implicative adj. imˈplicatively adv.

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   The verb implicate means "to connect or involve in something." For example, your cousins might implicate you in the planning of a big party for your grandparents.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishimplicate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   implicate something (in/as something) to show or suggest that something is the cause of something bad. The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak.

10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishimplicate verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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    implicate something (in/as something) to show or suggest that something is the cause of something bad The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak. Idioms. be implicated in something. to be involved in a crime; to be responsible for something bad Senior officials were implicated in the scandal.

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryIMPLICATE | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

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    IMPLICATE meaning: to show that someone or something is involved in something bad, especially a crime: . Learn more.