Im`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L.
implicatio: cf. F. implication.] 1.
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.
2. 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.