¦ verb '?mpl?ke?t
1. show to be involved in a crime.
(be implicated in) bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process).
2. convey (a meaning) indirectly; imply.
¦ noun '?mpl?k?t Logic a thing implied.
Derivatives
implicative ?m'pl?k?t?v adjective
implicatively adverb
Origin
ME (orig. in the sense 'entwine'; cf.
employ and
imply): from L.
implicatus 'folded in', past participle of
implicare (see
imply).