v. t. | 1. | |
1. | To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. | |
2. | To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity. | |
3. | To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. | |
4. | To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply. | |
5. | To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. | |
6. | To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; | |
7. | To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. | |
8. | (Math.) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; |
Verb | 1. | involve - connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" |
2. | involve - engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" | |
3. | involve - have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes" Synonyms: imply | |
4. | involve - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent" | |
5. | involve - contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" | |
6. | involve - wrap; "The tower was involved in mist" | |
7. | involve - occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" | |
8. | involve - make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved" |