¦ verb
1. include as a necessary part or result.
cause to experience or participate in an activity or situation.
2. (be/get involved) be or become occupied or engrossed in something.
3. (be involved) be engaged in an emotional or personal relationship: Angela was involved with someone else.
Derivatives
involvement noun
Origin
ME (in the senses 'enfold' and 'entangle'): from L. involvere, from in- 'into' + volvere 'to roll'.