imply

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
imply/ɪmˈplʌɪ/

▶verb (implies, implying, implied) indicate by suggestion rather than explicit reference.

■ (of a fact or occurrence) suggest as a logical consequence.

– derivatives
implied adjective,
impliedly adverb.

– origin ME (orig. in the sense ‘entangle’): from OFr. emplier, from L. implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’; cf. employ and implicate.

usage: On the difference between imply and infer, see usage at infer.