implicate
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to connect or involve incriminatingly: implicate a witness; to imply: implicate that someone is guilty
Not to be confused with:
explicate – to unfold; to make the meaning clear, explain: explicate a theory
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im·pli·cate
(ĭm′plĭ-kāt′)tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates
1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot.
2. To have as a consequence or necessary circumstance; imply or entail: His evasiveness implicated complicity.
3. Linguistics To convey, imply, or suggest by implicature.
4. Archaic To interweave or entangle; entwine.
[Middle English, to convey a truth bound up in a fable, from Latin implicāre, implicāt-, to entangle, unite : in-, in; see in-2 + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
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implicate
(ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt)vb (tr)
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
imˈplicativeness n
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im•pli•cate
(ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt)v.t. -cat•ed, -cat•ing.
1. to show to be involved, usu. in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
2. to involve as a necessary circumstance; imply.
3. to affect as a consequence: Malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part.
4. Archaic. to fold or twist together; intertwine.
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implicate
Past participle: implicated
Gerund: implicating
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Verb | 1. | implicate - bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government" |
2. | implicate - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" lead - tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests" |
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implicate
verb incriminate, involve, compromise, embroil, entangle, inculpate He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate her.
eliminate, rule out, acquit, exclude, dissociate, disentangle, exculpate
eliminate, rule out, acquit, exclude, dissociate, disentangle, exculpate
implicate something or someone in something involve in, associate with, connect with, tie up with This particular system has been implicated in alcohol effects.
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implicate
verb2. To cause to appear involved in or guilty of a crime or fault:
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implicate
[ˈɪmplɪkeɪt] VT to implicate sb in sth → implicar or involucrar a algn en algoare you implicated in this? → ¿estás implicado en esto?
he implicated three others → implicó a otros tres
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implicate
[ˈɪmplɪkeɪt] vt [+ person] → impliquerto be implicated in sth [person] → être impliqué(e) dans qch
to be implicated in the development of a disease (= be a factor in) → être impliqué(e) dans le développement d'une maladie
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
implicate
vt to implicate somebody in something → jdn in etw verwickeln
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