01 n. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
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The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.“Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts.” — Boyle.
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An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.“Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do.” — Hallam.