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.