I. -kə̇]t, -kā], usu ]d.+V adjective
Etymology: Latin implicatus
1. obsolete : intertwined, entangled , involved
2. : implied , implicit
content to let this accusation remain implicate in her questions — Osbert Sitwell
II. -ˌkāt, usu -ād.+V transitive verb
Etymology: Latin implicatus, past participle of implicare to infold, involve, implicate, engage — more at employ
1. archaic : to fold or twist together : interweave , entwine
the meeting boughs and implicated leaves — P.B.Shelley
2. : to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference : imply
3.
a. : to bring into intimate or incriminating connection : involve deeply or unfavorably
evidence implicating many high officials in the conspiracy
an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime
all men, even the most virtuous and wise, are implicated in historical evil — Reinhold Niebuhr
b. : to involve in the nature or operation of something : connect intimately : require or entail as a natural or necessary cause, concomitant, or consequence
local diseases often implicate a general derangement of the system
each element in life forms part of a cultural mesh: one part implicates … the other — Lewis Mumford
Synonyms: see include
III. same as adj \ noun
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Etymology: implicate (I)
: something (as a proposition) implied or involved
made ethics independent of theology and theology a series of implicates from the moral life — E.E.Aubrey