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 in·volve /ɪnˈvɑlv, ˈvɔlv ||ˈvɑv ||ˈvɔv/
 (vt.)包纏;使捲入,使陷入;使專注;必須包括;包圍

 in·volve /ɪnˈvɑlv, ˈvɔlv , ˈvɔv/ 及物動詞
 累及,牽涉,包含,等級

 In·volve v. t. [imp. & p. p. Involved p. pr. & vb. n. Involving.]
 1. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
 Some of serpent kind . . . involved
 Their snaky folds.   --Milton.
 2. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
 And leave a singèd bottom all involved
 With stench and smoke.   --Milton.
 3. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. “Involved discourses.”
 4. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
 He knows
 His end with mine involved.   --Milton.
    The contrary necessarily involves a contradiction.   --Tillotson.
 5. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge. [R.]
 The gathering number, as it moves along,
 Involves a vast involuntary throng.   --Pope.
 Earth with hell
 To mingle and involve.   --Milton.
 6. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
 7. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. “Involved in a deep study.”
 8. Math. To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.
 Syn: -- To imply; include; implicate; complicate; entangle; embarrass; overwhelm.
 Usage: -- To Involve, Imply. Imply is opposed to express, or set forth; thus, an implied engagement is one fairly to be understood from the words used or the circumstances of the case, though not set forth in form. Involve goes beyond the mere interpretation of things into their necessary relations; and hence, if one thing involves another, it so contains it that the two must go together by an indissoluble connection. War, for example, involves wide spread misery and death; the premises of a syllogism involve the conclusion.
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 involve
      v 1: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling
           affects your business" [syn: affect, regard]
      2: engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family
         affairs!"
      3: have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This
         decision involves many changes" [syn: imply]
      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
         postulates a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask,
          postulate, need, require, take, call for, demand]
         [ant: obviate]
      5: contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least
         six courses"
      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"