Im*ply" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Implied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Implying.] [From the same source as employ. See Employ,
Ply, and cf. Implicate, Apply.]
1. To infold or involve; to wrap up.
[Obs.] "His head in curls implied." Chapman.
2. To involve in substance or essence, or by
fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include
virtually; as, war implies fighting.
Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention
is implied.
Bp. Sherlock.
When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .
the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he
shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services.
Blackstone.
3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute.
[Obs.]
Whence might this distaste arise?
If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
To which I most imply it.
J. Webster.
Syn. -- To involve; include; comprise; import; mean;
denote; signify; betoken. See Involve.
