| implicate | (v) bring into intimate and incriminating connection, Example: He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government |
| implication | (n) an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection |
| implication | (n) a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false, Syn. conditional relation, logical implication |
| implication | (n) a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement), Example: he was suspected of implication in several robberies |
| implicational | (adj) relating to or concerned with logical implication, Example: implicational language universals |
| implicative | (adj) tending to suggest or imply, Syn. suggestive, Example: artifacts suggestive of an ancient society; an implicative statement |
| implicit | (adj) implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something, Syn. inexplicit, Ant. explicit, Example: an implicit agreement not to raise the subject; there was implicit criticism in his voice; anger was implicit in the argument; the oak is implicit in the acorn |
| implicit | (adj) being without doubt or reserve, Syn. unquestioning, Example: implicit trust |
| implicit in | (adj) in the nature of something though not readily apparent, Syn. underlying, inherent, Example: shortcomings inherent in our approach; an underlying meaning |
| implicitly | (adv) without doubting or questioning, Example: I implicitly trust him |
| Impliable | a. Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Implicate | v. t. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| implicated | adj. culpably involved; connected; -- of persons with respect to responsibility for events. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| implicating | n. a charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing). |
| Implication | n. [ L. implicatio: cf. F. implication. ] Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| implicational | adj. arousing a mental association; evocative. |
| Implicative | a. Tending to implicate. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Implicatively | adv. By implication. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Implicit | a. [ L. implicitus, p. p. of implicare to entwine, entangle, attach closely: cf. F. implicite. See Implicate. ] In his woolly fleece Back again to implicit faith I fall. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Implicitly | adv. Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ] |