implied

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implied - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Implied \Im*plied"\, a.
     Virtually involved or included; involved in substance;
     inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express,
     or expressed. See Imply.
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  Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Implied; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Implying.] [From the same source as employ. See Employ,
     Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]
     1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in
        curls implied." --Chapman.
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     2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference,
        or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as,
        war implies fighting.
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              Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious
              intention is implied.                 --Bp.
                                                    Sherlock.
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              When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .
              the act of hiring implies an obligation and a
              promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward
              for his services.                     --Blackstone.
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     3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
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              Whence might this distaste arise?
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              If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
              To which I most imply it.             --J. Webster.
  
     Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote;
          signify; betoken. See Involve.
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