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Implicate

To infold; to fold together; to interweave.

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Broader term 4

Affect 76% connected

To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Involve 76% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Implication 74% connected

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Implication 74% connected

The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 1

Entail 92% connected

That which is entailed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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