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Definition of Involve
1. Verb. Connect closely and often incriminatingly. "This new ruling affects your business"
Generic synonyms: Bear On, Come To, Concern, Have-to Doe With, Pertain, Refer, Relate, Touch, Touch On
Specialized synonyms: Implicate
Derivative terms: Involvement, Regard
2. Verb. Engage as a participant. "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
Specialized synonyms: Drag, Drag In, Embroil, Sweep, Sweep Up, Tangle, Entangle, Mire
Derivative terms: Involution, Involvement, Involvement
3. Verb. Have as a necessary feature. "This decision involves many changes"
Generic synonyms: Feature, Have
Specialized synonyms: Carry
Derivative terms: Implication, Involvement
4. Verb. Require as useful, just, or proper. "They involve him to write the letter"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
Specialized synonyms: Claim, Exact, Take, Govern, Draw, Cost, Cry For, Cry Out For, Compel
Related verbs: Claim, Exact, Take
Derivative terms: Demand, Demand, Necessity, Necessity, Need, Requirement
Antonyms: Obviate
5. Verb. Contain as a part. "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
6. Verb. Occupy or engage the interest of. "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
7. Verb. Make complex or intricate or complicated. "The situation was rather involved"
Definition of Involve
1. v. t. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
Definition of Involve
1. Verb. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. ¹
2. Verb. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity. ¹
3. Verb. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. ¹
4. Verb. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply. ¹
5. Verb. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. ¹
6. Verb. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery. ¹
7. Verb. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. ¹
8. Verb. (mathematics) 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. ¹
9. Verb. Status: involved ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Involve
1. to contain or include as a part [v -VOLVED, -VOLVING, -VOLVES]
Medical Definition of Involve
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1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. "Some of serpent kind . . . Involved Their snaky folds." (Milton)
2. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity. "And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke." (Milton)
3. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. "Involved discourses."
4. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply. "He knows His end with mine involved." (Milton) "The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction." (Tillotson)
5. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. "The gathering number, as it moves along, Involves a vast involuntary throng." (Pope) "Earth with hell To mingle and involve." (Milton)
6. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
7. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. "Involved in a deep study."
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