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im⋅plic⋅it

   [im-plis-it]
–adjective
1. implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
2. unquestioning or unreserved; absolute: implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence.
3. potentially contained (usually fol. by in): to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
4. Mathematics. (of a function) having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x2 + y2 = 1. Compare explicit (def. 5).
5. Obsolete. entangled.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L implicitus involved, obscure, var. ptp. of implicāre. See implicate, -ite 2
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im·plic·it     (ĭm-plĭs'ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Implied or understood though not directly expressed: an implicit agreement not to raise the touchy subject.
  2. Contained in the nature of something though not readily apparent: "Frustration is implicit in any attempt to express the deepest self" (Patricia Hampl).
  3. Having no doubts or reservations; unquestioning: implicit trust.

[Latin implicitus, variant of implicātus, past participle of implicāre, to entangle; see implicate.]
im·plic'it·ly adv., im·plic'it·ness n.
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implicitly

adverb
1. without doubting or questioning; "I implicitly trust him" 
2. without ever expressing so clearly; "he implicitly assumes that you know the answer" [ant: explicitly] 

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Implicitly

Im*plic"it*ly\, adv. 1. In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence.

Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. --Atterbury.

2. By implication; impliedly; as, to deny the providence of God is implicitly to deny his existence. --Bentley.

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