involve
involve definition
in·volve (in välv′, -vôlv′)
transitive verb involved -·volved′, involving -·volv′·ing
- Archaic to enfold or envelop as in a wrapping fog involved the shoreline
- Obsolete to wind spirally; coil up
- to make intricate, tangled, or complicated
- to entangle in trouble, difficulty, danger, etc.; implicate
- to draw or hold within itself; include a riot that soon involved thousands
- to include by necessity; entail; require a project involving years of work
- to relate to or affect the matter involves his honor
- to make busy; employ; occupy involved the class in research
Etymology: ME involven < L involvere < in-, in + volvere, to roll: see walk
Related Forms:
- involvement in·volve′·ment noun
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