[im.plic.it] adj [L implicitus, pp. of implicare] (1599) 1 a: capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed: implied "an ~ assumption" b: involved in the nature or essence of something though not revealed, expressed, or developed: potential "a sculptor may see different figures ~ in a block of stone --John Dewey" c of a mathematical function: defined by an expression in which the dependent variable and the one or more independent variables are not separated on opposite sides of an equation--compare explicit 4
2: being without doubt or reserve: unquestioning -- im.plic.it.ly adv -- im.plic.it.ness n