late Middle English: from Latin implicatusfolded in, past participle of implicare(see imply). The original sense was entwine, entangle; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern sense (sense 2), dates from the early 17th cent., but appears earlier in implication
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vern
1.bring into intimate and incriminating connection;
He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government
2.impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result;
a congressional sub-committee foreign affairs subcommittee held a hearing Wednesday on a the national and global implications implications of the H1N1 flu epidemic .美國國會外事委員會在周三開了一個關于H1N1流感傳播對國家和國際關系影響的聽訊會。