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- adjective Virtually involved or included; involved in substance; inferential; tacitly conceded; -- the correlative of express, or expressed. See
imply .
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- adjective Suggested without being stated directly.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
imply .
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Examples
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Another absurdity of this dogma about "implied faith" is, that where there was no power to exact an _express_ pledge, there was none to demand an _implied_ one, and where there was no power to _give_ the one, there was none to give the _other_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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Another absurdity of this dogma about "implied faith" is, that where there was no power to exact an _express_ pledge, there was none to demand an _implied_ one, and where there was no power to _give_ the one, there was none to give the _other_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Another absurdity of this dogma about "implied faith" is, that where there was no power to exact an _express_ pledge, there was none to demand an _implied_ one, and where there was no power to _give_ the one, there was none to give the _other_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society
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Another absurdity of this dogma about "implied faith" is, that where there was no power to exact an _express_ pledge, there was none to demand an _implied_ one, and where there was no power to _give_ the one, there was none to give the _other_.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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Even her name implied God wanted her to be his, holding Christ within it as it did.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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At that moment, I realized our title implied an exclusivity, like a “members-only” club.
Tribeca Film: Future of Film: Making Love Out of Nothing at All Tribeca Film 2011
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Even her name implied God wanted her to be his, holding Christ within it as it did.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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At that moment, I realized our title implied an exclusivity, like a “members-only” club.
Tribeca Film: Future of Film: Making Love Out of Nothing at All Tribeca Film 2011
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At that moment, I realized our title implied an exclusivity, like a “members-only” club.
Tribeca Film: Future of Film: Making Love Out of Nothing at All Tribeca Film 2011
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Even her name implied God wanted her to be his, holding Christ within it as it did.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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