disimplicate
disimplicate verb: to change the status of (someone or something) that is implicated into one where it is not implicated; to disprove or call into question an implication concerning.
Verb
disimplicate (third-person singular simple present disimplicates, present participle disimplicating, simple past and past participle disimplicated)
- To change the status of (someone or something) that is implicated into one where it is not implicated; to disprove or call into question an implication concerning.
- And it is moreover an essential condition, enabling us to disimplicate elements which had been essentially implicated in the act of cognition itself.1873, George Grote, Alexander Bain, The Minor Works of George Grote, page 351
- To infer syllogistically, in the widest sense of the process, is to disimplicate from certain interrelated premisses such conclusions as the said premisses collectively necessitate.1908, William Ralph Boyce Gibson, Augusta Klein, The Problem of Logic, page 216
Forms of disimplicate
| third-person singular present | disimplicates |
|---|---|
| present participle | disimplicating |
| past participle | disimplicated |
| past | disimplicated |
Origin of disimplicate
From dis- + implicate.
Questions about disimplicate
- What does disimplicate mean?
- Disimplicate means to change the status of (someone or something) that is implicated into one where it is not implicated; to disprove or call into question an implication concerning.
- What part of speech is disimplicate?
- Disimplicate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disimplicate?
- The past tense of disimplicate is disimplicated.
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