Associations to the word «Implicate»

Wiktionary

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. (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

Dictionary definition

IMPLICATE, verb. Bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government".
IMPLICATE, verb. Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats