All 3 Uses
imply
in
Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool
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- Tolstoy was capable of abjuring physical violence and of seeing what this implies, but he was not capable of tolerance or humility, and even if one knew nothing of his other writings, one could deduce his tendency towards spiritual bullying from this single pamphlet.†
implies = suggests (says indirectly)
- Evidently there are two morals, one explicit, the other implied in the story.†
*implied = suggested (said indirectly)
- Creeds like pacifism and anarchism, which seem on the surface to imply a complete renunciation of power, rather encourage this habit of mind.†
imply = suggest (say indirectly)
Definitions:
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(1)
(imply) to suggest or say indirectly -- possibly as a logical consequence
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)