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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.
  • noun A thing of hidden meaning; a statement or writing implying something different from its literal meaning.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Tending to implicate.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Tending to implicate or to imply; pertaining to implication.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective tending to suggest or imply

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