Involve - Definition

v 1: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling
affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard]
2: engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family
affairs!"
3: have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many
changes" [syn: imply, involve]
4: 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" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate,
need, require, take, involve, call for, demand]
[ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of]
5: contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least
six courses"
6: occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely
involved me during the entire afternoon"
7: make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was
rather involved"