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implicates

implicates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of implicate.

Meaning of implicate

Verb

implicate (third-person singular simple present implicates, present participle implicating, simple past and past participle implicated)

  1. (transitive, usually) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
    • The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.
  2. (nonstandard, transitive) 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.
  4. (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

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Questions about implicates

What is implicates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Implicates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of implicate.

Words near implicates in the dictionary

  1. implicant
  2. implicants
  3. implicata
  4. implicate
  5. implicated
  6. implicates
  7. implicating
  8. implication
  9. implicational
  10. implicational propositional calculus
  11. implicationally

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