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imply Verb [-plies, -plying, -plied] 1. to express or indicate by a hint; suggest 2. to suggest or involve as a necessary consequence: a spending commitment implies a corresponding tax imposition [Old French emplier]
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"My good friend," said the Traveller, "according to the terms of your demand my money will save my life, my life my money; you imply you will take one or the other, but not both. To take an obvious example, the comic mask is ugly and distorted, but does not imply pain. Primarily and most properly the term has reference to time: in this sense the word is used to indicate that one thing is older or more ancient than another, for the expressions 'older' and 'more ancient' imply greater length of time. |
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