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What (who) is Imply - definition
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Implication (logic); Imply; Implies; Implications; Implication (disambiguation); Implication (logical); Implicational; Definitional implication; Causal implication; Decisional implication
Imply
·vt To refer, ascribe, or attribute.
II. Imply ·vt To infold or involve; to wrap up.
III. Imply ·vt To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.
imply
¦ verb (implies, implying, implied) indicate by suggestion rather than explicit reference.
?(of a fact or occurrence) suggest as a logical consequence.
Derivatives
implied adjective
impliedly adverb
Origin
ME (orig. in the sense 'entangle'): from OFr. emplier, from L. implicare, from in- 'in' + plicare 'to fold'; cf. employ and implicate.
Usage
On the difference between imply and infer, see usage at infer.
imply
v. (L; to) she implied (to us) that she knew more than she had told the reporters
Examples of use of Imply
1. Graham Forbes, the commission‘s chairman, said: "Some of what we have discovered may imply innocence; some of what we have discovered may imply guilt.
2. Invoking the right does not legally imply guilt it said.
3. They imply whole worlds of difference÷ physical, emotional, mental, philosophical.
4. I don‘t mean to imply you‘ve done something wrong.
5. Being outside a union does not imply lower wages.