Definition of implicate Implicate

/ɪˈmplɪkejˌt/ - [implikeyt] - im•pli•cate

We found 10 definitions of implicate from 6 different sources.

What does implicate mean?

Verb implicates, implicating, implicated
implicate - bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"
		regard, affect, involve look at attentively
implicate - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
		entail
		lead cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"

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implicate (Verb)
To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
implicate (Verb)
To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
implicate (Verb)
To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

implicate (v. t.)
To infold; to fold together; to interweave.
implicate (v. t.)
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.

implicate
To impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.

implicate
im′pli-kāt, v.t. (with by, in, with) to enfold: to involve: to entangle.—ns. Im′plicate, the thing implied; Implicā′tion, the act of implicating: entanglement: that which is implied.—adj. Im′plicative, tending to implicate.—adv. Im′plicatively.—adj. Implic′it, implied: relying entirely, unquestioning: (rare) entangled, involved.—adv. Implic′itly.—n. Implic′itness. [L. implicāre, -ātum—in, in, plicāre, to fold.]