a. Not pliable; inflexible; unyielding. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The meeting boughs and implicated leaves. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. culpably involved; connected; -- of persons with respect to responsibility for events. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing).
n. [ L. implicatio: cf. F. implication. ]
Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. arousing a mental association; evocative.
a. Tending to implicate. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By implication. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. implicitus, p. p. of implicare to entwine, entangle, attach closely: cf. F. implicite. See Implicate. ]
In his woolly fleece
I cling implicit. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Back again to implicit faith I fall. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Implicit function. (Math.)
adv.
Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State or quality of being implicit. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Implicitness. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See Imply. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By implication or inference. Bp. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
. The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in his administration as President (1801-1809), eschewing display or ceremony tending to distinguish the President from the people, as in going to the capital on horseback and with no escort, the abolition of court etiquette and the weekly levee, refusal to recognize titles of honor, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
adj. simplified excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications. Contrasted with
v. t. to simplify excessively so as to distort or misrepresent; -- of facts, assertions, or communications;
n. [ Cf. OF. simplicien. ] One who is simple. [ Obs. ] Arnway. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. simplicité, L. simplicitas. See Simple. ]
Marquis Dorset, a man, for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]
In wit a man; simplicity a child. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning? Prov. i. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. simplification. ] The act of simplifying. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions. W. Nicholson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. [ R. ] Wilkinson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Simplicity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not implicated. “Unimplicate in folly.” R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
See high.
See honorable.
See hopeful.
See hostile.
See hurt.
See hhurtful.
See hygienic.
See ideal.
See idle.
See illusory.
See imaginable.
See imaginative.
See immortal.
See implicit.
See important.
See impressible. See >Unimpressible.
See impressionable.
See improvable.
See impugnable.
See incidental.
See increasable.
See indifferent.
See indulgent.
See industrious.
See inflammable.
See influential.
See ingenious.
See ingenuous.
See inhabitable.
See injurious.
See inquisitive.
See instructive.
See intelligent.
See intelligible.
See intentional.
See interesting.
See interpretable.
See inventive.
See investigable.
See jealous.
See joyful.
See joyous.
See justifiable.
See kingly.
See knightly.
See knotty.
See knowable.
See laborious.
See ladylike.
See level.
See libidinous.
See lightsome.
See limber.
See lineal.
See logical.
See lordly.
See losable.
See lovable.
See lucent.
See luminous.
See lustrous.
See lusty.
See maidenly.
See makable.
See malleable.
See manageable.
See manful.
See manlike.
See manly.
See marketable.
See marriable.
See marriageable.
See marvelous.
See masculine.
See matchable.
See matronlike.
See meek.
See meet.
See melodious.
See mendable.
See mentionable.
See mercenary.
See merciable.
See meritable.
See merry.
See metaphorical.
See mighty.
See mild.
See military.
See mindful.
See mingleable.
See miraculous.
See miry.
See mitigable.
See modifiable.
See modish.
See moist.
See monkish.
See motherly.
See muscular.
See musical.
See mysterious.
See namable.
See native.
See navigable.
See needful.
See negotiable.
See niggard.
See noble.
See objectionable.
[ 1913 Webster ]
n. Absence of simplicity; artfulness. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]