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involve

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvɒlv/

The English word “involve” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
  2. To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
  3. To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
  4. Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
  5. To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
  6. To cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround.
  7. To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.
  8. To make (something) intricate; to complicate.
  9. To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power.

Etymology

PIE word *h₁én From Late Middle English involven (“to cloud; to encumber; to envelop, surround; to ponder (something); (reflexive) to concern (oneself) with something”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French involver, envoudre, or from its etymon Latin involvere, the present active infinitive of Latin involvō (“to roll to or upon something; to roll about; to coil or curl up; to cover; to…

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