'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

Words containing 'Imply'