C1verb · transitive · rare

implicate

implicate · implicates · implicated · implicating

містити, включати, стосуватися

включить, касаться, коснуться

implikatieren

To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal wayTo show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.

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/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/

» Tom hasn't been implicated or charged.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive, usually)To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.
(nonstandard, transitive)To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?
impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
implikatieren
(archaic)To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
вовлекатьvovlekatʹ, впутыватьvputyvatʹ

Examples

17 sentences

Tom hasn't been implicated or charged.
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Tom doesn't want to implicate himself.
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Tom didn't want to implicate himself.
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Sami was implicated in the accident.
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Yanni was implicated in Skura's death.
Янні був причетним до смерті Скури.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to connect or involve:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to have as an implicature:

Origin

First attested in the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English impli

First attested in the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicaten (poorly attested), from implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; involved, connected (with)”, possibly also used as the past participle of implicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin implicātus, perfect passive participle of implicō (“to entangle, involve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from plicō (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and employ.

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