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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. bring into intimate and incriminating connection;
- Example: "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"

2. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result;
- Example: "What does this move entail?"
[syn: entail, implicate]


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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

implicate v 1: bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government" 2: impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: entail, implicate]