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implicate meaning

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  • VerbSGimplicatesPRimplicatingPT, PPimplicatedSUF-icate
    1. To connect or involve in an unfavorable or criminal way with something.
      1. Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
    2. To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.
      1. What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia? ‎
    3. (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.
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      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • The wspR gene encodes a diguanylate cyclase probably involved in the regulation of flagella rotation and is not implicated in the regulation of flagella synthesis [24 ].
        • Similarly, the role of heat shock transcription factor B3 (HSFB3) has been implicated in response to abiotic stress and in mycorrhyzal association [61 ].
        • This active deswelling maintains the organization of collagen fibers implicated in crystal-clear corneal transparency.

    Meaning of implicate for the defined word.

    Grammatically, this word "implicate" is a verb.
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