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implicate

[ im-pli-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

implicated, implicating.
  1. to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner:

    to be implicated in a crime.

  2. to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
  3. to connect or relate to intimately; affect as a consequence:

    The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part.

  4. Archaic. to fold or twist together; intertwine; interlace.


implicate

/ ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt; ɪmˈplɪkətɪv /

verb

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپ, adverb
  • implicative, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of implicate1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin ٳܲ, past participle of “to interweave,” equivalent to im- im- 1 + () “to fold” + -ٳܲ -ate 1; ply 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of implicate1

C16: from Latin to involve, from im- + to fold
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Synonym Study

See involve.
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Example Sentences

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However, following their visit, the idol went missing, and Banerjee was implicated in its theft.

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They said there was no other evidence implicating Duran, and he had an alibi: He had been with his girlfriend and her mother.

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“We can go for the death penalty or life without parole,” Bunch told Woody, who eventually gave prosecutors an elaborate story implicating Carson and others.

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“USS Callister: Into Infinity” makes no such remarks on power; the sharpest comment Brooker offers us is that, when implicated in wrongdoing, men are willing to do unconscionable things to shield themselves from accountability.

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The documents also implicate Libyan agents in the destruction of a French airliner that crashed in the Sahara desert in 1989, killing another 170 people.

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