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implicit

adj
/ɪmˈplɪsɪt/

Etymology

From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“to infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.

  1. derived from implicitus
  2. derived from implicite

Definitions

  1. Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.

    • Poets often leave behind an implicit message within their words.

  2. Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.

  3. Having no reservations or doubts

    Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.

    • He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. entangled, twisted together.

      • In his deep fleece […] I cling implicit.

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Derived

implicit cognition, implicit function, implicitization, implicitly, implicit modeling, implicitness, implicity, unimplicit

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at implicit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at implicit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at implicit

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA