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.
Derivatives:
implicative adj. implicatively adv.
Etymology: L implicatus past part. of implicare (as IN-(2), plicare, plicat- or plicit- fold)