[syn: imply, involve]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Implying.] [From the same source as employ. See Employ,
Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]
1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in
curls implied." --Chapman.
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2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference,
or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as,
war implies fighting.
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Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious
intention is implied. --Bp.
Sherlock.
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When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .
the act of hiring implies an obligation and a
promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward
for his services. --Blackstone.
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3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
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Whence might this distaste arise?
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If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
To which I most imply it. --J. Webster.
Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote;
signify; betoken. See Involve.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
imply
v 1: express or state indirectly [syn: imply, connote]
2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that
we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply,
mean]
4: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: incriminate, imply,
inculpate]
5: have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many
changes" [syn: imply, involve]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
implies
implication
imply
(=> or a thin right arrow) A binary Boolean function
and logical connective. A => B is a true implication unless
A is true and B is false. The truth table is
A B | A => B
----+-------
F F | T
F T | T
T F | F
T T | T
It is surprising at first that A => B is always true if A is
false, but if X => Y then we would expect that (X & Z) => Y
for any Z.
If A is actually an expression X & Y then the implication is
called a syllogism.
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