implies

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Word Origin & History

late 14c., "to enfold, enwrap, entangle" (the classical Latin sense), from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare "involve" (see implication). Meaning "to involve something unstated as a logical consequence" first recorded c.1400; that of "to hint at" from 1580s. Related: Implied; implying. The distinction between imply and infer is in "What do you imply by that remark?" But, "What am I to infer from that remark?"

Example Sentences for implies

It implies a pre-existing something, inwrapped as a germ in its environment.

In its common, or generally received, acceptation, it implies two things.

All matter is magnetic in some degree, and that implies polarity.

Then everything which is and is not in a certain state, implies change?

And each part, as the word 'each' implies, is also an absolute one.

You will think this implies that Manxmen stick close to their island.

Every universal truth which we express in words, implies or supposes every other truth.

What else it implies may be left to the imagination of the reader.

This implies competition and shows the necessity of preserving it.

Unworthy as the sentiment is, it at least implies a sense of equality.