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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Implicat, p.p. Also: -ate. [L. implicātus p.p., e.m.E. implicate (1555).] Intertwined, entangled, enmeshed. —a1500 Henr. Fab. 2931 (B).
This paddok … Is manis body, swmand air and lait Into this warld, with cairis implicat [v.r. -ate] 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. lxii.
The history of Scotland is sa implicat with the history of Ingland, that [etc.]
