implicate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin implico (entangle, involve), from plico (fold)

Verb[edit]

implicate (third-person singular simple present implicates, present participle implicating, simple past and past participle implicated)

  1. To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
    The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.
  2. To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
    What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?
  3. (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

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Italian[edit]

Verb[edit]

implicate

  1. second-person plural present tense of implicare
  2. second-person plural imperative of implicare
  3. feminine plural past participle of implicare

Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

implicāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of implicātus