involve

verb

To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.

To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.

(specifically) To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.

(figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.

(specifically, also reflexive, chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.

(archaic) To cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround.

(archaic) To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.

(archaic or obsolete) To make (something) intricate; to complicate.

(archaic or obsolete) (mathematics) To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power.

Roots

volvovolv- · Latin · roll, turn

Synonyms for involve

implyv necessitatev entailv affectv requirev implicatev includev encompassv regardn embroilv comprisev incorporatev complicatev connotev meanv signifyv subsumev containv

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