implicate
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin implicatus < implico (“entangle, involve”), from plico (“fold”). Doublet of imply and employ.
Pronunciation edit
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɪmplɪkət/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Verb edit
implicate (third-person singular simple present implicates, present participle implicating, simple past and past participle implicated)
- (transitive, usually with in) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
- The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Assignation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 256:
- But it is of no use talking now; the servants will soon be stirring, and it would be rather awkward to be found here." "For you, perhaps, madam," sneered Sir George. "Rather for yourself," replied she, with the greatest composure; "you might be implicated in the charge of murder."
- 1879, Robert J[ones] Burdette, Hawk-Eyes, New York, N.Y.: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, page 137:
- I shall cancel, without further provocation, the next lecture engagement that is implicated with a peep o' day train.
- 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut]”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8842, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-27, pages 72–73:
- Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- (transitive, nonstandard) To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
- What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?
- (pragmatics) To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
- (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
to connect or involve
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to have as an implicature
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to have as a necessary circumstance
to intertwine — see intertwine
Noun edit
implicate (plural implicates)
- (philosophy) The thing implied.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Verb edit
implicate
- inflection of implicare:
Latin edit
Participle edit
implicāte
Spanish edit
Verb edit
implicate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of implicar combined with te
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