— implicitly , adv. — implicitness, implicity , n.
/im plis"it/ , adj.
1. implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
2. unquestioning or unreserved; absolute: implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence.
3. potentially contained (usually fol. by in ): to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
4. Math. (of a function) having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x 2 + y 2 = 1. Cf. explicit (def. 5).
5. Obs. entangled.
[ 1590-1600; implicitus involved, obscure, var. ptp. of implicare. See IMPLICATE, -ITE 2 ]
Syn. 2. inherent, complete, total.