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implicate

/ˈɪmplɪkət/
noun

  1. The thing implied.

verb

  1. (with “in”) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.

    "The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme."

  2. To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.

    "What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?"

  3. To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.

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