English Dictionary
Definition of “implicate”
implicate (ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt
)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- to show to be involved, esp in a crime
- to involve as a necessary inference; imply ⇒
his protest implicated censure by the authorities
- to affect intimately ⇒
this news implicates my decision
- rare to intertwine or entangle
Alternative Forms
implicative (ɪmˈplɪkətɪv) adjective imˈplicatively adverb Word Origin
C16: from Latin implicāre to involve, from im- + plicāre to fold
Usage examples
The police didn't come to you, you deliberately went to them and tried to implicate Terence with your filthy lies.
Ashford, Jeffrey, A Question of Principle (1986)It is getting clearer to Laloo that Rana and Sharma might yield evidence to implicate him in the scam.
India Today (1996)The Crown convinced the jury that Mr. Driskell had killed Mr. Harder to ensure that he couldn't implicate him in the court case.
Globe and Mail (2003)Will he now implicate mentor Tom, who helped him with his father's own heart transplant?
Sun, News of the World (2004)Bohm makes a distinction between what he calls the `explicate" order and the ` implicate " order or the physical universe.
Van de Castle, Robert L., Our Dreaming Mind (1994)
