 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
implied
See {imply}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
imply
verb
1: express or state indirectly [syn: {connote}]
2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means
that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: {entail},
{mean}]
4: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: {incriminate}, {inculpate}]
5: have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This
decision involves many changes" [syn: {involve}]
[also: {implied}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
implied
adjective: indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed
directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement";
"the understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn:
{silent}, {tacit}, {understood}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Implied \Im*plied"\, adjective
Virtually involved or included; involved in substance;
inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express,
or expressed. See {Imply}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Imply \Im*ply"\, verb (used with an object) [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.
2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference,
or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as,
war implies fighting.
Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious
intention is implied. --Bp.
Sherlock.
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.
3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
Whence might this distaste arise?
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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