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verb (used with object), im·plied, im·ply·ing.
1.
to indicate or suggest without being explicitly stated: His words implied a lack of faith.
2.
(of words) to signify or mean.
3.
to involve as a necessary circumstance: Speech implies a speaker.
4.
Obsolete. to enfold.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English implien, emplien < Middle French emplier < Latin implicāre; see implicate
1325–75; Middle English implien, emplien < Middle French emplier < Latin implicāre; see implicate
Related forms
re·im·ply, verb (used with object), re·im·plied, re·im·ply·ing.
su·per·im·ply, verb (used with object), su·per·im·plied, su·per·im·ply·ing.
Synonyms
3. assume, include.
3. assume, include.
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imply
late 14c., "to enfold, enwrap, entangle" (the classical L. sense), from O.Fr. emplier, from L. implicare "involve" (see implicate). Meaning "to involve something unstated as a logical consequence" first recorded 1529. The distinction between imply and infer is in "What
EXPANDdo you imply by that remark?" But, "What am I to infer from that remark?"
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