Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Imply

Imply , transitive verb

[From the same source as employ. See Employ, Ply, and compare Implicate, Apply.]

1.
To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obsolete]
His head in curls implied. — Chapman
2.
To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference, or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as, war implies fighting.
Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious intention is implied. — Bp. Sherlock
When a man employs a laborer to work for him,... the act of hiring implies an obligation and a promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward for his services. — Blackstone
3.
To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obsolete]
Whence might this distaste arise?
If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will. To which I most imply it. — J. Webster