Part 5617

<h1>Implicate</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im"pli*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Implicated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Implicating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>implicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>implicare</ets> to involve; pref. <ets>im-</ets> in + <ets>plicare</ets> to fold. See <er>Employ</er>, <er>Ply</er>, and cf. <er>Imply</er>, <er>Implicit</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To infold; to fold together; to interweave.</def>

<blockquote>The meeting boughs and <b>implicated</b> leaves. <i>Shelley.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; <as>as, the evidence <ex>implicates</ex> many in this conspiracy; to be <ex>implicated</ex> in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault, etc.</as></def>

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<hw>Im`pli*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>implicatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>implication</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.</def>

<blockquote>Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the <b>implication</b> of component parts. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.</def>

<blockquote>Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary <b>implication</b> that there were other things which he could not do. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Implicative</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im"pli*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to implicate.</def>

<h1>Implicatively</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im"pli*ca*tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By implication.</def>

<i>Sir G. Buck.</i>

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<hw>Im*plic"it</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>implicitus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>implicare</ets> to entwine, entangle, attach closely: cf. F. <ets>implicite</ets>. See <er>Implicate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>In his woolly fleece I cling <b>implicit</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Tacitly comprised; fairly to be understood, though not expressed in words; implied; <as>as, an implicit contract or agreement</as>.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; <as>as, <ex>implicit</ex> confidence; <ex>implicit</ex> obedience.</as></def>

<blockquote>Back again to <b>implicit</b> faith I fall. <i>Donne.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Implicit function</col>. <fld>(Math.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Function</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Implicitly</h1> <Xpage=736>

<hw>Im*plic"it*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence.</def>

<blockquote>Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and <b>implicitly</b> to acquiesce in and adore them. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>By implication; impliedly; <as>as, to deny the providence of God is <ex>implicitly</ex> to deny his existence</as>.</def>

<i>Bentley.</i>