imply
Meaning
Verb
- to have as a necessary consequence
- to suggest by logical inference
- to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement
- to enfold, entangle.
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Origin
- From Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare ("to infold, involve"), from in + plicare. employ, and implicate.
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