[im.pli.cate] vt -cat.ed ; -cat.ing [ME, to convey by implication, fr. ML implicatus, pp. of implicare, fr. L, to entwine, involve--more at employ] (15c) 1: to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference: imply
2. archaic: to fold or twist together: entwine 3 a: to bring into intimate or incriminating connection b: to involve in the nature or operation of something