implied
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Implied \Im*plied"\, a. Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
2.To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. [1913 Webster]
Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied.— Bp. Sherlock.[1913 Webster]
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.[1913 Webster]
3.To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Whence might this distaste arise? [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]