1. strongly suggest the truth or existence of (something not expressly stated): "the salesmen who uses jargon to imply his superior knowledge"Similarinsinuatesuggesthintintimateimplicatesay indirectlyindicategive someone to understandgive someone to believeconvey the impressionsignalinformal:make out
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The original sense was ‘entwine’; in the 16th and 17th centuries the word also meant ‘employ’. Compare with employ and implicate.
