implicit Copy link Outline I. Opp. to explicit; implied though not expressedII. Absolute, unconditional • implicit: I. Opp. to explicit; implied though not expressed: tăcĭtus: an i. agreement, t. conventio, Ulp. Dig. 20, 2, 3: cf. Cic. Inv. 2, 47, 140, quae perspicua sint, tacitis exceptionibus caveri. II. Absolute, unconditional: Phr.: to render i. obedience to any one, *jussa alicujus fideliter [summâ observantiâ] exsequi; imperata obedientissime facere (cf. Liv. 21, 34): to place i. confidence in any one, omnem [summam] fidem alicui habere, cf. Cic. Verr. 5, 57, fin.: i. faith (theol.), *fides sincera atque integra (?).
IMPLICIT Copy link • IMPLICIT☞ The original and correct meaning of the word is that of “implied,” opposed to “explicit;” but it is now more commonly used in the sense of “absolute,” “unconditional” reliance, trust, etc. Implied, Tac. (silently assumed, not expressly stated, Cic. and Jurisconsulti): quod in aliqua re implicite et abscondite continetur (Cic., Invent., 2, 23, 69; of what is really but not evidently contained in anything; opposed to patentius et expeditius contineri). Absolute, unconditional, etc. [Vid: UNCONDITIONAL]. To pay anybody implicit obedience, alicui sine ulla exceptione parere, obedire: to place implicit trust or confidence in anybody, se totum alicui committere: to put implicit faith in anybody, maximam fidem alicui adhibere.