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Infolded; entangled; complicated; involved. [Obs.] Milton. In his woolly fleece I cling implicit. Pope.

In an implicit manner; without reserve; with unreserved confidence. Not to dispute the methods of his providence, but humbly and implicitly to acquiesce in and adore them. Atterbury.

State or quality of being implicit.

Implicitness. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in his administration as President (1801-1809), eschewing display or ceremony tending to distinguish the President from the people, as in going to the capital on horseback and with no escort, the abolition of court etiquette and the weekly levee, refusal to recogn…

The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.

Absence of simplicity; artfulness. C. Kingsley.

At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler.

Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery.

Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale. They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. Porteus. O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's e…

The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.

Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.

dness of the head; baldness of style. This gives to their syntax a peculiar character of simplicity and baldness. W. D. Whitney.

e in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages. -- To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.

oul of wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. Bp. Porteus.

Peurile; trifling; weak. Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison.

The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.

To make a selection; to decide. They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. Prescott.

defile. Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes Shak. I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.

way. Phonograms which by process long-continued detrition have reached a step of extreme simplicity. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).