Imply

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ},
     {Ply}, and cf. {Implicate}, {Apply}.]
     1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in
        curls implied." --Chapman.
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     2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference,
        or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as,
        war implies fighting.
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              Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious
              intention is implied.                 --Bp.
                                                    Sherlock.
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              When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .
              the act of hiring implies an obligation and a
              promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward
              for his services.                     --Blackstone.
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     3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
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              Whence might this distaste arise?
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              If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
              To which I most imply it.             --J. Webster.
  
     Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote;
          signify; betoken. See {Involve}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  imply
       v 1: express or state indirectly [syn: {connote}]
       2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
       3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means
          that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: {entail},
          {mean}]
       4: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: {incriminate}, {inculpate}]
       5: have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This
          decision involves many changes" [syn: {involve}]
       [also: {implied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  121 Moby Thesaurus words for "imply":
     accuse, adumbrate, advert to, affect, allege, allegorize,
     allude to, approve, argue, arraign, article, assume, attest,
     be construed as, bespeak, betoken, bid fair, book, breathe, bring,
     bring accusation, bring charges, bring to book, bring to mind,
     call for, charge, cite, complain, comprise, connote, contain,
     demonstrate, denote, denounce, denunciate, display, drop a hint,
     entail, evidence, evince, exhibit, express, fasten on, fasten upon,
     finger, furnish evidence, give a hint, give indication of,
     give prospect of, give the cue, glance at, go to show,
     hang something on, hint, hint at, hold out hope, illustrate,
     impeach, implicate, import, impute, include, indicate, indict,
     infer, inform against, inform on, insinuate, intimate, involve,
     lay charges, lead to, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint,
     make fair promise, make likely, manifest, mark, mean, mean to say,
     pin on, point indirectly to, point to, prefer charges,
     press charges, presume, presuppose, promise, prompt, put on report,
     raise expectation, refer to, report, reproach, require, set forth,
     show, show signs of, signal, signalize, signify, speak for itself,
     speak volumes, spell, stand fair to, stand for, subsume, suggest,
     suppose, symbolize, symptomatize, take, take for granted, take in,
     take to task, task, taunt with, tax, tell, tend to show, twit