implicate

Plural: implicates

Verb

bring into intimate and incriminating connection
- "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"
impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

Noun

The thing implied.

Adj

Intertwined, enfolded, twisted together; wrapped up (with), entangled, involved (in).
Intertwined, enfolded, twisted together; wrapped up (with), entangled, involved (in).
used in implicate order
Involved, intricate.

Examples

The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.
What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?

Origin / Etymology

First attested in the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicaten (poorly attested), from implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; incolved, connected (with)”, possibly also used as the past participle of implicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin implicātus, perfect passive participle of implicō (“entangle, involve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from plicō (“fold”). Doublet of imply and employ.

Synonyms

entail

Scrabble Score: 15

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Words With Friends Score: 19

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