v. & n.
v.tr. 1 (often foll. by in) show (a person) to be concerned or involved (in a charge, crime, etc.). 2 (in passive; often foll. by in) be affected or involved. 3 lead to as a consequence or inference.
n. a thing implied. implicative adj. implicatively adv.
[ L implicatus past part. of implicare (as IN-(2), plicare, plicat- or plicit- fold) ]