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.
  • 'Credit cards, calls implicate Mossad in Dubai killing'
  • There is a multitude of evidence to implicate the frontal lobes of the brain.
  • The U.N. investigation into this crime does not even mention Mr. Zuhair, let alone "implicate" him.
  • In other words, using this as an excuse to kind of implicate them, to create problems for their ex-husbands.
  • He demands that we learn to regard matter and life as a whole, coherent domain, which he calls the implicate order
  • He dubbed the implicate order an undivided holistic realm that is beyond concepts like space-time, matter, or energy.
  • These dangerous sequelæ are liable to follow infection of any scalp wound, but more especially such as implicate the sub-aponeurotic area, or the pericranium.
  • Grice introduced the technical terms implicate and implicature for the case in which what the speaker meant, implied, or suggested is distinct from what the speaker said. [

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