implicate

[im-pli-keyt] /ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt/
verb (used with object), implicated, implicating.
1.
to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner:
to be implicated in a crime.
2.
to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
3.
to connect or relate to intimately; affect as a consequence:
The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part.
4.
Archaic. to fold or twist together; intertwine; interlace.
Origin
1530-40; < Latin implicātus past participle of implicāre to interweave, equivalent to im- im-1 + plicā(re) to ply2 + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
unimplicated, adjective
Synonyms
1. See involve.
Examples from the web for implicate
  • The fact she never tried to implicate me shows she has some level of morals.
  • implicate order is only revealed by instruments that expand my senses.
  • Yet tax credits and governmental expenditures do not both implicate individual taxpayers in sectarian activities.
  • Your social media imprint can implicate you much more easily than an army of secret police.
  • There's no need to go into detail here, as the cables do not implicate these units in anything nefarious.
  • Some studies point to environmental factors, while others seem to implicate specific genetic variants.
  • Thousands who are not liable to the draft have done their best to implicate themselves with those who are.
  • First, to call the conflict a feud is to implicate both sides.
  • Not only do co-opted spandrels implicate selection, but selection implicates spandrels.
  • These overlaps may implicate the external environment.
British Dictionary definitions for implicate

implicate

/ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt/
verb (transitive)
1.
to show to be involved, esp in a crime
2.
to involve as a necessary inference; imply: his protest implicated censure by the authorities
3.
to affect intimately: this news implicates my decision
4.
(rare) to intertwine or entangle
Derived Forms
implicative (ɪmˈplɪkətɪv) adjective
implicatively, adverb
Word Origin
C16: from Latin implicāre to involve, from im- + plicāre to fold
Word Origin and History for implicate
v.

early 15c., "to convey in a fable;" c.1600, "intertwine, wreathe," from Latin implicatus, past participle of implicare "to involve, entwine" (see implication). Meaning "involve a person in a crime, charge, etc.," is from 1797. Related: Implicated; implicating.