Involve

[ɪn'vɒlv] or [ɪn'vɑlv]

Definition

(verb.) make complex or intricate or complicated; 'The situation was rather involved'.

(verb.) occupy or engage the interest of; 'His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon'.

(verb.) contain as a part; 'Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses'.

(verb.) connect closely and often incriminatingly; 'This new ruling affects your business'.

(verb.) engage as a participant; 'Don't involve me in your family affairs!'.

Typed by Dominic--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

(v. t.) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.

(v. t.) To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.

(v. t.) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.

(v. t.) To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.

(v. t.) To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.

(v. t.) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.

(v. t.) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.

Typed by Floyd

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Envelop, inwrap, wrap, cover.[2]. Include (as a consequence), imply, comprise, embrace, contain.[3]. Entangle, implicate.[4]. Complicate, make intricate.[5]. Join, conjoin, connect, unite, mingle, blend.[6]. Twine, intwine, intertwine, interweave, interlace, inweave, twist together.

Checker: Trent

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Implicate, confound, mingle, envelop, compromise, include, complicate,entangle

ANT:Separate, extricate, disconnect

Checker: Natalia

Definition

v.t. to wrap up: to envelop: to implicate: to include: to complicate: to overwhelm: to catch: (arith.) to multiply a quantity into itself any given number of times.—n. Involve′ment act of involving: state of being involved or entangled.

Checked by Adelaide

Examples

Typed by Annette

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