implicate
[ im-pli-keyt ]
/ ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt /
verb (used with object), im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing.
to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner: to be implicated in a crime.
to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
to connect or relate to intimately; affect as a consequence: The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part.
Archaic.
to fold or twist together; intertwine; interlace.
Origin of implicate
OTHER WORDS FROM implicate
un·im·pli·cat·ed, adjectiveWords nearby implicate
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British Dictionary definitions for implicate
implicate
/ (ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt) /
verb (tr)
to show to be involved, esp in a crime
to involve as a necessary inference; imply
his protest implicated censure by the authorities
to affect intimately
this news implicates my decision
rare
to intertwine or entangle
Derived forms of implicate
implicative (ɪmˈplɪkətɪv), adjective implicatively, adverbWord Origin for implicate
C16: from Latin
implicāre to involve, from
im- +
plicāre to fold