INVOLVE
\ɪnvˈɒlv], \ɪnvˈɒlv], \ɪ_n_v_ˈɒ_l_v]\
Definitions of INVOLVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
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make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"
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occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
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wrap; "The tower was involved in mist"
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contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
By Princeton University
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engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
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make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"
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occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
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wrap; "The tower was involved in mist"
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contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
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To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
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To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
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To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
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To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
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To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
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To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
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To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
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To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
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To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
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To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To wrap up: to envelop: to implicate: to include: to complicate: to overwhelm: to catch: (arith.) to multiply a quantity into itself any given number of times.
By Daniel Lyons
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To infold; enwrap; include; complicate.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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