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im·pli·cate
 implicate
- pronunciation:
- Im
pl
keIt
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
implicated, implicates, implicating |
| definition: |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events.
Her husband was implicated in the murder.The studies implicated mercury as a cause of the brain damage.
- synonyms:
- incriminate, involve
- antonyms:
- clear
- similar words:
- connect, criminate, impute, inculpate
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| related words: |
accuse, charge, entangle |
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