involve

involve has 15 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. t.. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
• v. t.. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
• v. t.. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
• v. t.. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
• v. t.. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
• v. t.. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
• v. t.. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
• v. t.. 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.
• v.. make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"
• v.. occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
• v.. 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"
• v.. contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"