Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ},
   {Ply}, and cf. {Implicate}, {Apply}.]
   1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in
      curls implied." --Chapman.
      
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   2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference,
      or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as,
      war implies fighting.
      
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            Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious
            intention is implied.                 --Bp.
                                                  Sherlock.
      
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            When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .
            the act of hiring implies an obligation and a
            promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward
            for his services.                     --Blackstone.
      
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   3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
      
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            Whence might this distaste arise?
      
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            If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
            To which I most imply it.             --J. Webster.

   Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote;
        signify; betoken. See {Involve}.
        
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