v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Implicated p. pr. & vb. n. Implicating. ] [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. culpably involved; connected; -- of persons with respect to responsibility for events. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing).
Syn. -- implication. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. implicatio: cf. F. implication. ] 1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 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 ]

adj. arousing a mental association; evocative.
Syn. -- implicative, suggestive, suggestive of(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Tending to implicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By implication. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]