implication Copy link • implication: Phr.: to say a thing by i., not directly, intelligi velle potius quam dicere, cf. Quint. 6, 3, 88: if something bad is to be understood, per suspicionem dicere, Quint. l. c.: there is here something stated by i., *subest his verbis sensus quidam: v. to imply. Sometimes, esp. in legal lang., tacite = by implication: Nerat. Dig. 20, 2, 4.