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Involve
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English
Etymology
involvere, involutum, to roll about, wrap up; prefix in- in + volvere to rollVerb
involve (involves, involved, involving)
- To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
- To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
- To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
- To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
- To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
- To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
- To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
- (Mathematics): To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.
Synonyms
- to imply
- include
- implicate
- complicate
- entangle
- embarrass
- overwhelm
See also
- involver
- voluble
- involute
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