involve
English
/ɪnˈvɒlv/, /ɪnˈvɑlv/
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
- (archaic) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide.
- To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
- (archaic) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
- To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
- To envelop, enfold, entangle.
- To engage (someone) to participate in a task.
- (mathematics) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin involvō.
Origin
Latin
involvō
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disinvolve English
- interinvolve English
- involvement English
- involver English
- noninvolvement English
- overinvolvement English
- reinvolve English
- reinvolvement English
- uninvolve English
- involvō Latin
- envolvi Esperanto
- nvolbu Aromanian