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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Implicate

/ĭm'-plĭk-ātˌ/ · Im·pli·cate · IPA /ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
01 v. t. To infold; to fold together; to interweave.
imp. & p. p. Implicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Implicating
  1. 1.
    To infold; to fold together; to interweave.
    “The meeting boughs and implicated leaves.” Shelley.
  2. 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.