imply

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These very words, and the corresponding terms in Greek, imply an actual, not--as the schoolmen absurdly think--a metaphorical motion.

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  1. transitive verb To involve by logical necessity; entail: Life implies growth and death.
  2. transitive verb To express or indicate indirectly: His tone implied disapproval. See Synonyms at suggest. See Usage Note at infer.
  3. transitive verb Obsolete To entangle.

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  • Now in all fairness to Ray, I believe this was covered earlier in the discussion he was participating in at the time, however, it isn't entirely fair to others to imply that there is a problem with what Lindzen was trying to imply which is so obvious for anyone with Lindzen's education that he couldn't be honestly suggesting it - and not mentioning what that problem is. —  RealClimate
  • Contrary to what one many imply, the term "Christian" in most cases in contemporary society is not used as an adjective (to describe what one believes and does), but rather, simply as a nomenclature (affiliation).
  • Forecasts are just what they imply, an estimate of the most probable outcome given incomplete information. —  India Stocks News and Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • As his words imply, a group practicing together creates a mystical field, a field of grace.
  • As the terms imply, an immigrant visa is one that is issued to an alien who seeks to reside permanently in the United States as an immigrant.
 

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  1. Middle English implien, from Old French emplier, to enfold, from Latin implicāre; see implicate.

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  1. from Middle English implien, emplien, from Old French as if *emplier, variant of empleier, employer, from Latin implicare, infold, involve: see implicate. Cf. employ, a doublet of imply, and see ply, apply, reply.
 

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