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Meaning of involve

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  involve
      v 1: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling
           affects your business" [syn: {involve}, {affect}, {regard}]
      2: engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family
         affairs!"
      3: have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many
         changes" [syn: {imply}, {involve}]
      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's consent" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask}, {postulate},
         {need}, {require}, {take}, {involve}, {call for}, {demand}]
         [ant: {eliminate}, {obviate}, {rid of}]
      5: contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least
         six courses"
      6: occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely
         involved me during the entire afternoon"
      7: make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was
         rather involved"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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