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implicate
[ im-pli-keyt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
implicate
/ ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt; ɪmˈplɪkətɪv /
verb
- 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
- imˈplicatively, adverb
- implicative, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of implicate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of implicate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Though there are many claims that implicate it in improved brain function, the evidence in support of this finding is tenuous.
In Illinois, which houses some of the tougher DUI laws in the nation, even smoking a joint a week before can implicate you.
Several lines of scientific evidence have begun to implicate genes that control dopamine.
Because misogynist monsters always implicate themselves in crimes to protect women.
Pointing fingers, he stated “the people that I trusted to run it” are the ones to implicate.
She was trying to find some explanation that would clear the boss, and perhaps implicate the Hatch crowd.
He knew that the whole complex machinery of Scotland Yard was working, and working at top speed, to implicate him in the tragedy.
You might have done me the service of not excusing yourself to the squire when he came here, in such a way as to implicate me.
If I were to expose Flemming, it would implicate Thornton, and that seemed too much of a retaliation.
It would be a dangerous document in case he should be searched; for its contents would expose him, and implicate others.
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