implicate
implicate
Definition
im·pli·cate (im′pli kāt′)
transitive verb -·cat′ed, -·cat′·ing
- to show to have a connection with a crime, fault, etc.; involve
- to show to be involved or concerned
- Rare to imply
- Archaic to twist or fold together; intertwine; entangle
Etymology: < L implicatus, pp. of implicare, to enfold, involve: see imply
im′·pli·ca′·tive adjective
im′·pli·ca′·tively adverb
implicate
Synonyms
implicate
v.
implicate
Usage Examples
Object
- gene: Only the identification of the gene implicated will determine which of these possibilities is true.
- transfusion: It was not always possible to ascertain from the questionnaire the timing of an earlier transfusion and the implicated transfusion.
- receptor: One of the serotonergic receptors implicated in mediating certain symptoms of depression such as mood and eating abnormalities, is the 5-HT 2C receptor.
- protein: Hwa says that the work could also have implications for proteins implicated in many other degenerative diseases.
- donor: The implicated donor had two young children, he frequently changed diapers and carried the children in the crook of his arm.
- donation: The implicated donation was HBsAg negative by PRISM and Murex and was anti-HBc negative and HBV DNA negative by PCR.
Preposition: as
- factor: The source of energy in the diet has been implicated as a risk factor in certain diseases.
- cause: Deficiencies of some vitamins, such as vitamin B12 or B1 ( thiamine ), have been implicated as rare causes of dementia.
Modifying Another Word
- conversationally: This claim, then, fails to be conversationally implicated.
- indirectly: Project Summary Adhesion is directly or indirectly implicated in many types of coating failure.
- deeply: The unions were deeply implicated in helping create a climate in which men's needs were seen to be paramount.
- mutually: In the organic whole, global and local, part and whole, are mutually implicated and mutually entangled.
- strongly: Vitamin D deficiency is strongly implicated in infant.. .
- somehow: But second, justice is somehow implicated in the way we do things, our modus operandi, our core skill.
Preposition: in
- pathogenesis: AB - Several cytokines have been implicated in the pathogenesis of human lymphomas.
- scandal: Some of America's other premier companies were also implicated in the scandal.
- outbreak: A variety of foods have been implicated in outbreaks of infection.
- murder: The fact that he did not seem to have been implicated in the murders at all was of no importance.
- conspiracy: There have been suggestions ever since that the police were implicated in the assassination conspiracy.
- killing: The police could find no evidence that the videos were in any way implicated in the killings.
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