'Implicate' definitions:
Definition of 'implicate'
(from WordNet)
verb
Bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"
verb
Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?" [syn: entail, implicate]
Definition of 'Implicate'
From: GCIDE
- Implicate \Im"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Implicating.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicit.]
- 1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. [1913 Webster]
- The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. --Shelley. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'implicate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- affect,
- allegorize,
- allude to,
- assail,
- associate,
- assume,
- attack,
- ball up,
- bring,
- bring to mind,
- call for,
- catch up in,
- censure,
- complicate,
- comprise,
- concern,
- confound,
- confuse,
- connect,
- connote,
- contain,
- criminate,
- cry out against,
- cry out on,
- cry shame upon,
- draw in,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- embroil,
- engage,
- enmesh,
- ensnare,
- entail,
- entangle,
- entrap,
- foul up,
- hint,
- imply,
- import,
- impugn,
- include,
- incriminate,
- inculpate,
- infer,
- insinuate,
- interest,
- intimate,
- involve,
- knot,
- lead to,
- louse up,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- mess up,
- mire,
- mix up,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- perplex,
- point indirectly to,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- ramify,
- ravel,
- require,
- screw up,
- snarl,
- snarl up,
- subsume,
- suck into,
- suggest,
- suppose,
- suspect,
- take,
- take for granted,
- take in,
- tangle