To suggest something without saying it directly.
From Latin 'implicare' via Old French, meaning 'to enfold, involve'. The sense shifted to mean that one idea ‘enfolds’ or contains another idea inside it.
When you imply something, you’re packing an extra meaning inside your words, like a hidden message. Listeners have to unfold it themselves—that’s why what is implied can be denied or misunderstood.
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