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单词 implicate
释义 im·pli·cate
I. \-kə̇]t, -kā], usu ]d.+V\ adjective
Etymology: Latin implicatus
1. obsolete : intertwined, entangled, involved
2. : implied, implicit
 < content to let this accusation remain implicate in her questions — Osbert Sitwell >
II. \-ˌkāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb
Etymology: Latin implicatus, past participle of implicare to infold, involve, implicate, engage — more at employ
1. archaic : to fold or twist together : interweave, entwine
 < the meeting boughs and implicated leaves — P.B.Shelley >
2. : to involve as a consequence, corollary, or natural inference : imply
3.
 a. : to bring into intimate or incriminating connection : involve deeply or unfavorably
  < evidence implicating many high officials in the conspiracy >
  < an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime >
  < all men, even the most virtuous and wise, are implicated in historical evil — Reinhold Niebuhr >
 b. : to involve in the nature or operation of something : connect intimately : require or entail as a natural or necessary cause, concomitant, or consequence
  < local diseases often implicate a general derangement of the system >
  < each element in life forms part of a cultural mesh: one part implicates … the other — Lewis Mumford >
Synonyms: see include
III. \same as adj\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: implicate (I)
: something (as a proposition) implied or involved
 < made ethics independent of theology and theology a series of implicates from the moral life — E.E.Aubrey >
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