## Meanings
1. To suggest something without saying it directly.
2. To make something seem true or likely as a result.
3. To have something as a necessary result or consequence.

## Examples
- Are you implying that I don't wash my hands properly?
- A higher salary usually implies more responsibility at work.
- Correlation does not imply causation.

## Antonyms
- nimply

## Derived Forms
- impliable
- implier
- misimply

## Related Forms
- connotation
- entail
- implicate
- implication
- implicative
- implicit
- implicitness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: implien
- Root: emplier
- Root: implico

## Etymology
From Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of employ and implicate.

## AI Etymology
Imply comes from Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of employ and implicate. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named elements. The historical line also includes implico (Latin). In current use, the main senses are “To suggest something without saying it directly” and “To make something seem true or likely as a result”.

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