implicating

Implicate \Im"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implicated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Implicating}.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of
   implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See
   {Employ}, {Ply}, and cf. {Imply}, {Implicit}.]
   1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave.
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            The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. --Shelley.
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   2. To bring into connection with; to involve; to connect; --
      applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the
      evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be
      implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a
      fault, etc.
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implicating \implicating\ n.
   a charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing).

   Syn: implication.
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