[ɪmˈplʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference
(e.g: nowhere in the abstract do the researchers imply a causal link)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The original sense was ‘entwine’; in the 16th and 17th centuries the word also meant ‘employ’. Compare with employ and implicate