INVOLVE

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. Some of serpent kind . . . involved Their snaky folds. Milton.

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.

To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure. "Involved discourses." Locke.

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.

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.

To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.

To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb. "Involved in a deep study." Sir W. Scott.

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.