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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•pli•cate /ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to show or declare (someone else) to be involved, usually in committing a crime:He was implicated in the robbery.
See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•pli•cate (im′pli kāt′),USA pronunciation v.t., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner:to be implicated in a crime.
- to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
- to connect or relate to intimately;
affect as a consequence:The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part. - [Archaic.]to fold or twist together;
intertwine;
interlace.
- Latin implicātus past participle of implicāre to interweave, equivalent. to im- im-1 + plicā(re) to ply2 + -ātus -ate1
- 1530–40
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See involve.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: implicate /ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt/ vb (transitive)- to show to be involved, esp in a crime
- to involve as a necessary inference; imply: his protest implicated censure by the authorities
- to affect intimately: this news implicates my decision
- rare to intertwine or entangle
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin implicāre to involve, from im- + plicāre to foldimplicative /ɪmˈplɪkətɪv/ adj imˈplicatively adv |