IMPLICATES

Verb

implicates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of implicate

Anagrams

• simplicate

Source: Wiktionary


IMPLICATE

Im"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Implicating.] Etym: [L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicit.]

1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. Shelley.

2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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