implicate
IPA: ˈɪmpɫɪkeɪt
noun
- (philosophy) The thing implied.
verb
- (transitive, with “in”) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
- (transitive, nonstandard) To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
- (pragmatics) To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
- (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
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Examples of "implicate" in Sentences
- The reports implicated them in the massacre.
- The Church of England was implicated in slavery.
- There is a multitude of evidence to implicate the frontal lobes of the brain.
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