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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

implicit

SYLLABICATION:	im·plic·it
PRONUNCIATION:	m-plst
ADJECTIVE:	1. Implied or understood though not directly expressed: an implicit agreement not to raise the touchy subject. 2. Contained in the nature of something though not readily apparent: “Frustration is implicit in any attempt to express the deepest self” (Patricia Hampl). 3. Having no doubts or reservations; unquestioning: implicit trust.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin implicitus, variant of implictus, past participle of implicre, to entangle. See implicate.
OTHER FORMS:	im·plicit·ly —ADVERB im·plicit·ness —NOUN


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