˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for

implicate

[ im-pli-keyt ]

verb (used with object)

implicated, implicating.
  1. to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner:

    to be implicated in a crime.

  2. to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
  3. to connect or relate to intimately; affect as a consequence:

    The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part.

  4. Archaic. to fold or twist together; intertwine; interlace.


implicate

/ ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt; ɪmˈplɪkətɪv /

verb

  1. to show to be involved, esp in a crime
  2. to involve as a necessary inference; imply

    his protest implicated censure by the authorities

  3. to affect intimately

    this news implicates my decision

  4. rare.
    to intertwine or entangle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • ¾±³¾Ëˆ±è±ô¾±³¦²¹³Ù¾±±¹±ð±ô²â, adverb
  • implicative, adjective
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of implicate1

First recorded in 1530–40; from Latin ¾±³¾±è±ô¾±³¦Äå³Ù³Ü²õ, past participle of ¾±³¾±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð “to interweave,†equivalent to im- im- 1 + ±è±ô¾±³¦Äå(°ù±ð) “to fold†+ -Äå³Ù³Ü²õ -ate 1; ply 2
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of implicate1

C16: from Latin ¾±³¾±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to involve, from im- + ±è±ô¾±³¦Äå°ù±ð to fold
Discover More

Synonym Study

See involve.
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

The documents also implicate Libyan agents in the destruction of a French airliner that crashed in the Sahara desert in 1989, killing another 170 people.

From

For weeks, she has wondered about the threat, concerned that residents could be implicated.

From

To increase the amount of funding available the Public Accounts Committee called for the manufacturers of materials implicated in the Grenfell Tower Fire to also face a levy.

From

Before he pleaded no contest, he claimed that prosecutors told him he could get a far lesser sentence — much like Austin’s — if he implicated his ex-lover.

From

“Here There Are Blueberries†implicates the present and the future as much as it does the past.

From

Advertisement

Related ˜yÐÄvlogs

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement