The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Implicate \Im"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implicated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Implicating.] [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.
[1913 Webster]
The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. --Shelley.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
implicating \implicating\ n.
a charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing).
Syn: implication.
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