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Implying - 2 dictionary results

im⋅ply

   [im-plahy]
–verb (used with object), -plied, -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; ME implien, emplien < MF emplier < L implicāre; see implicate
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im·ply     (ĭm-plī')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   im·plied, im·ply·ing, im·plies
  1. To involve by logical necessity; entail: Life implies growth and death.
  2. To express or indicate indirectly: His tone implied disapproval. See Synonyms at suggest. See Usage Note at infer.
  3. Obsolete To entangle.

[Middle English implien, from Old French emplier, to enfold, from Latin implicāre; see implicate.]
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