involve

(ĭn-vŏlvˈ)

1. To contain as a part; include.
2. To have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail: was told that the job would involve travel. See Synonyms at include.
3. To engage as a participant; embroil: involved the bystanders in his dispute with the police.
4. a. To connect closely and often incriminatingly; implicate: evidence that involved the governor in the scandal.
   b. To influence or affect: The matter is serious because it involves your reputation.
5. To occupy or engage the interest of: a story that completely involved me for the rest of the evening.
6. To make complex or intricate; complicate.
7. To wrap; envelop: a castle that was involved in mist.
8. Archaic To wind or coil about.

Related Forms:

• in·volveˈment noun

• in·volvˈer noun