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Imply

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to suggest or indicate something without stating it directly
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Stage 1 of 2
implicare
Latin · ancient
"to fold in, to entangle"
to fold in, to entangle, from in- (in) and plicare (to fold)
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Stage 2 of 2
imply
English · 1300s
"to suggest something without saying it directly"
settled as the English word for suggesting something without saying it directly
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