Definition of involve

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in·volve    (n-vlv) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
in·volved, in·volv·ing, in·volves

1. To contain as a part; include.
2. To have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail: was told that the job would involve travel. See Synonyms at include.
3. To engage as a participant; embroil: involved the bystanders in his dispute with the police.
4. 1. To connect closely and often incriminatingly; implicate: evidence that involved the governor in the scandal.
   2. To influence or affect: The matter is serious because it involves your reputation.
5. To occupy or engage the interest of: a story that completely involved me for the rest of the evening.
6. To make complex or intricate; complicate.
7. To wrap; envelop: a castle that was involved in mist.
8. Archaic To wind or coil about.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English involven, from Latin involvere, to enwrap : in-, in ; see in-² + volvere, to roll, turn; see wel-² in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
in·volvement(Noun), in·volver(Noun)