Im"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Implicated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Implicating.] [L. implicatus, p. p. of
implicare to involve; pref. im- in + plicare to
fold. See Employ, Ply, and cf. Imply,
Implicit.] 1. To infold; to fold
together; to interweave.
The meeting boughs and implicated
leaves.
Shelley.
2. To bring into connection with; to involve;
to connect; -- applied to persons, in an unfavorable sense; as, the
evidence implicates many in this conspiracy; to be
implicated in a crime, a discreditable transaction, a fault,
etc.