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involve

in·volve

UK/ɪnˈvɒlv/ US/ɪnˈvɔlv/ fairly common

verb

1.

connect closely and often incriminatingly

  • “This new ruling affects your business”
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2.

engage as a participant

  • “Don”
3.

have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail

  • “This decision involves many changes”
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4.

require as useful, just, or proper

  • “It takes nerve to do what she did”
  • “success usually requires hard work”
  • “This job asks a lot of patience and skill”
  • “This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice”
  • “This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert”
  • “This intervention does not postulate a patient”
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5.

contain as a part

  • “Dinner at Joe”
6.

wrap

  • “The tower was involved in mist”
7.

occupy or engage the interest of

  • “His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon”
8.

make complex or intricate or complicated

  • “The situation was rather involved”

Origin

PIE word *h₁én From Late Middle English involven (“to cloud; to encumber; to envelop, surround; to ponder (something); (reflexive) to concern (oneself) with something”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French involver, envoudre, or from its etymon Latin involvere, the present active infinitive of Latin involvō (“to roll to or upon something; to roll about; to coil or curl up; to cover; to envelop, wrap up; to overwhelm”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + volvō (“to roll; to tumble”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn; to wind (turn coils)”)).

Phrases

  • no human involved

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