- (v.t.) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
- (v.t.) To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
- (v.t.) To envelop, infold, entangle or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
- (v.t.) To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
- (v.t.) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ or absorb.
- (v.t.) To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
- (v.t.) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
- (v.t.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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