Implicate
Pronunciation : Im"pli*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. implicatus, p. p. of implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to fold. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Imply, Implicit.]
Definition : 1. To infold; to fold together; to interweave. The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. Shelley.
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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Implicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Implicating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913