Implicate Definition

ĭmplĭ-kāt
implicated, implicates, implicating
verb
implicated, implicates, implicating
To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly.
Evidence that implicates others in the plot.
American Heritage
To show to have a connection with a crime, fault, etc.; involve.
Webster's New World
To have as a consequence or necessary circumstance; imply or entail.
His evasiveness implicated complicity.
American Heritage
To show to be involved or concerned.
Webster's New World
To imply.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Implicate

  • Middle English to convey a truth bound up in a fable from Latin implicāre implicāt- to entangle, unite in- in in–2 plicāre to fold plek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin implico (“entangle, involve”), from plico (“fold”)

    From Wiktionary

Implicate Sentence Examples

  • The knife was left up there to implicate me.

  • Maybe it was left up there to implicate you, but there's a good chance it was just plain dropped by accident.

  • The doctrine of Atonement, destined to be the focus of Protestant evangelicalism, has remained undefined in Catholic circles,' an implicate or presupposition, but no part of the explicit and authorized creeds.

  • Any one sign is not enough to implicate anyone, but if the totality of her behavior seems suspicious, chances are something is going on.

  • While these facts are certainly cause for concern, there have simply not been enough large scale studies performed yet to implicate BPA as a definite health risk.

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Words Starting With

IIMIMP

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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