[im.ply] vt im.plied ; im.ply.ing [ME emplien, fr. MF emplier, fr. L implicare] (14c) 1 obs: enfold, entwine
2: to involve or indicate by inference, association, or necessary consequence rather than by direct statement "rights ~ obligations"
3: to contain potentially
4: to express indirectly "his silence implied consent" syn see suggest usage see infer