imply Copy link Outline 1. expr. by intellĭgo, exi, ectum, 3 (to mean)2. hăbeo, 2 (to involve in it; to include the notion of)3. expr. by insum, subsum (to be involved or implied in) • imply: 1. expr. by intellĭgo, exi, ectum, 3 (to mean): what is not actually said is i.'d, intelligitur quod non dicitur, Quint. 6, 3, 88: the direct opposite of what is said is i.'d, contraria dicuntur iis quae intelligi (debent), Quint. 8, 6, 56: if you did not say it you i.'d it, *si minus ea verbis dixisti, attamen intelligi voluisti. 2. hăbeo, 2 (to involve in it; to include the notion of): avarice i.s the love of money, avaritia pecuniae studium h., Sall. Cat. 11: that course seems to i. (or involve) unfairness, h. videtur ista res iniquitatem, Cic. Cat. 4, 4, 7: what is i.'d in the nature of the case, id quod res habet, Sall. Cat. 51, med. 3. expr. by insum, subsum (to be involved or implied in): in superstition is i.'d an idle fear of the gods, in superstitione inest inanis timor deorum, Cic. N. D. 1, 42, 117 (also foll. by dat.): even though no resemblance be i.'d, etiamsi nulla subsit similitudo, Quint. 6, 3, 54 (v. to underlie). See also implication, implicit (I.).