'Imply' definitions:
Definition of 'imply'
From: WordNet
verb
Express or state indirectly [syn: imply, connote]
verb
Suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
verb
Have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply, mean]
verb
Suggest that someone is guilty [syn: incriminate, imply, inculpate]
verb
Have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes" [syn: imply, involve]
Definition of 'Imply'
From: GCIDE
- Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implied; p. pr. & vb. n. Implying.] [From the same source as employ. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]
- 1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in curls implied." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. [1913 Webster]
- Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied. --Bp. Sherlock. [1913 Webster]
- When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . . the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Whence might this distaste arise? [1913 Webster]
- If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. --J. Webster.
- Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote; signify; betoken. See Involve. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'imply'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accuse,
- adumbrate,
- advert to,
- affect,
- allege,
- allegorize,
- allude to,
- approve,
- argue,
- arraign,
- article,
- assume,
- attest,
- be construed as,
- bespeak,
- betoken,
- bid fair,
- book,
- breathe,
- bring,
- bring accusation,
- bring charges,
- bring to book,
- bring to mind,
- call for,
- charge,
- cite,
- complain,
- comprise,
- connote,
- contain,
- demonstrate,
- denote,
- denounce,
- denunciate,
- display,
- drop a hint,
- entail,
- evidence,
- evince,
- exhibit,
- express,
- fasten on,
- fasten upon,
- finger,
- furnish evidence,
- give a hint,
- give indication of,
- give prospect of,
- give the cue,
- glance at,
- go to show,
- hang something on,
- hint,
- hint at,
- hold out hope,
- illustrate,
- impeach,
- implicate,
- import,
- impute,
- include,
- indicate,
- indict,
- infer,
- inform against,
- inform on,
- insinuate,
- intimate,
- involve,
- lay charges,
- lead to,
- lodge a complaint,
- lodge a plaint,
- make fair promise,
- make likely,
- manifest,
- mark,
- mean,
- mean to say,
- pin on,
- point indirectly to,
- point to,
- prefer charges,
- press charges,
- presume,
- presuppose,
- promise,
- prompt,
- put on report,
- raise expectation,
- refer to,
- report,
- reproach,
- require,
- set forth,
- show,
- show signs of,
- signal,
- signalize,
- signify,
- speak for itself,
- speak volumes,
- spell,
- stand fair to,
- stand for,
- subsume,
- suggest,
- suppose,
- symbolize,
- symptomatize,
- take,
- take for granted,
- take in,
- take to task,
- task,
- taunt with,
- tax,
- tell,
- tend to show,
- twit