1.  imply(v = verb.communication) connote - express or state indirectly; Array
is one way to evince, express, show
Derived forms noun implication₂, adjective implicative₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

2.  imply(v = verb.communication) Array - suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic; Array
is one way to evince, express, show
Derived forms noun implication₄, adjective implicative₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

3.  imply(v = verb.stative) entail, mean - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
is one way to necessitate
Derived forms noun implication₁, adjective implicative₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

4.  imply(v = verb.stative) incriminate, inculpate - suggest that someone is guilty; Array
is one way to evoke, paint a picture, suggest
Derived forms noun implication₃, noun implication₅
Sample sentences: Something ----s somebody

5.  imply(v = verb.stative) involve - have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes"
is one way to feature, have
Derived form noun implication₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

1.  To infold or involve; to wrap up. Chapman. [1913 Webster]

2.  To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting. [1913 Webster]
"Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied." [1913 Webster]
"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." [1913 Webster]

3.  To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [1913 Webster]
"Whence might this distaste arise?" [1913 Webster]
"If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
To which I most imply it."

imply, v.tr. (-ies, -ied)
1 (often foll. by that + clause) strongly suggest the truth or existence of (a thing not expressly asserted).
2 insinuate, hint (what are you implying?).
3 signify.

Derivative:
implied adj. impliedly adv.

Etymology:
ME f. OF emplier f. L implicare (as IMPLICATE)

VB  be evidence, evince, show, betoken, tell of, indicate, imply, involve, argue, bespeak, breathe, have weight, carry weight, tell, speak volumes, speak for itself, rest upon, depend upon, repose on, bear witness, give evidence, testify, depose, witness, vouch for, sign, seal, undersign, set one's hand and seal, sign and seal, deliver as one's act and deed, certify, attest, acknowledge, make absolute, confirm, prove (demonstrate), indorse, countersign, corroborate, support, ratify, bear out, uphold, warrant, adduce, attest, cite, quote, refer to, appeal to, call, call to witness, bring forward, bring into court, allege, plead, produce witnesses, confront witnesses, place into evidence, mark into evidence, collect evidence, bring together evidence, rake up evidence, experiment, have a case, make out a case, establish, authenticate, substantiate, verify, make good, quote chapter and verse, bring home to, bring to book.

VB  be probable, give color to, lend color to, point to, imply, bid fair, stand fair for, stand a good chance, run a good chance, think likely, dare say, flatter oneself, expect, count upon.

VB  mean, signify, express, import, purport, convey, imply, breathe, indicate, bespeak, bear a sense, tell of, speak of, touch on, point to, allude to, drive at, involve, declare, understand by.

VB  be latent, lurk, smolder, underlie, make no sign, escape observation, escape detection, escape recognition, lie hid, laugh in one's sleeve, keep back, involve, imply, understand, allude to, infer, leave an inference, entail, whisper, read between the lines.