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   implicate

   verb

   • 1. show (someone) to be involved in a crime: "he was implicated in a price-fixing scandal" Similar incriminatecompromiseinvolveconnectembroilenmeshensnareexposearchaic:inculpateOpposite absolve
   • ▪ bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one): "viruses are known to be implicated in the development of certain cancers" Similar involve inconcern withassociate withconnect withtie up with
   • 2. convey (a meaning) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly: "by saying that coffee would keep her awake, Mary implicated that she didn't want any" Similar implysuggesthintintimatesay indirectlyindicateinsinuategive someone to understandgive someone to believeconvey the impressionsignalinformal:make out

   noun

   • 1. a thing implied.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin implicatus ‘folded in’, past participle of implicare (see imply). The original sense was ‘entwine’; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern (implicate (sense 2 of the verb)), dates from the early 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. implicatory adjective

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   What does implicaten mean in a fable?

   • Send us feedback about these examples. Middle English implicaten "to convey (a truth) in a fable," borrowed from Latin implicātus, past participle of implicāre "to fold about itself, entwine, entangle, involve, embroil" (Medieval Latin also, "to imply, mean by implication"), from im- im- + plicāre "to fold, bend" — more at ply entry 3

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   • Pick the best words! Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of IMPLICATE is to bring into intimate or incriminating connection. How to use implicate in a sentence.

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   What does it mean if someone is implicated in a case?

   • The word is often used in a negative sense, suggesting an involvement in something wrong, with the person being implicated by the facts of the case. The Latin word implicātus, which means "folded in," is the past participle of implicāre, meaning to interweave ideas or objects.

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   What is the past tense of implicate?

   • the simple past tense and past participle of implicate ( def ). The detailed information may not be collected because of inadequate testing, and that directly implicates outcomes. The SEC reportedly started a fraud inquiry, and Nikola founder Trevor Milton, who was directly implicated in Hindenburg’s report, resigned from his role as CEO.

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   Implicated is the past tense and past participle of implicate, which means to show that someone is involved in a crime or partly responsible for something bad. See how to use implicated in sentences from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.

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   Learn the meaning of implicate, a verb that means to bring into intimate or incriminating connection, to involve as a consequence, or to fold or twist together. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles.

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   Implicated definition: shown to be also involved, especially in an incriminating manner. See examples of IMPLICATED used in a sentence.

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   Someone who is implicated in something is shown to be somehow involved in it. The word is often used in a negative sense, suggesting an involvement in something wrong, with the person being implicated by the facts of the case.

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   The verb implicate means "to connect or involve in something." For example, your cousins might implicate you in the planning of a big party for your grandparents. Implicate comes from the Latin word implicare, meaning "to entwine, involve." When you implicate someone, you bring him or her into a group or to pitch in on a project.