Antonyms for implicate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : im-pli-keyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt

Definition of implicate

Origin : early 15c., "to convey in a fable;" c.1600, "intertwine, wreathe," from Latin implicatus, past participle of implicare "to involve, entwine" (see implication). Meaning "involve a person in a crime, charge, etc.," is from 1797. Related: Implicated; implicating.

verb imply, involve

Example sentences :

There was nothing in what he had to tell them that could implicate Mr. Dunbar.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

How or where she would not say—one had the impression that she feared to implicate some one.
Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton

Your son-in-law will certainly not endeavour to implicate you.
Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux

And if she committed suicide, she would not implicate you in it by making you buy the poison.
Extract from : « If Winter Don't » by Barry Pain

Now, however, you must do nothing more that might implicate you.
Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle

Now that he had struck Newall he had no wish to implicate him.
Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting

He was not seeking to implicate her—she felt certain of that.
Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge

How happens it that you have waited ten years before it occurred to you to implicate me?
Extract from : « Five Hundred Dollars » by Horatio Alger

He knew nothing about it, though the girl tried her hardest to implicate him.
Extract from : « The Making of a Soul » by Kathlyn Rhodes

The editor did not think it necessary to implicate Mr. Hamlin.
Extract from : « A Sappho of Green Springs » by Bret Harte

Synonyms for implicate

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