IMPLICATE
Im"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implicated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Implicating.] Etym: [L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve;
pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Imply,
Implicit.]
1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. Shelley.
2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; — applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.
IMPLICATION
Im`pli*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. implicatio: cf. F. implication.]
1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle.
2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. Hallam.
IMPLICATIVE
Im"pli*ca*tive, a.
Defn: Tending to implicate.
IMPLICATIVELY
Im"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
Defn: By implication. Sir G. Buck.