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   imply

   /ɪmˈplʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. indicate the truth or existence of (something) by suggestion rather than explicit reference: "salesmen who use jargon to imply superior knowledge" Similar insinuatesuggesthintintimateimplicatesay indirectlyindicategive someone to understandgive someone to believeconvey the impressionsignalinformal:make out
   • ▪ (of a fact or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence: "the forecasted traffic increase implied more roads and more air pollution" Similar involveentailmeanpoint tosignifyindicatesignalnecessitaterequire

   Word 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.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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