involve
To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
Verb 3 meanings
To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
“My job involves forecasting economic trends.”
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
“By involving herself in her local community, Mary met lots of people and also helped make it a nicer place to live.”
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.
“to involve a person in debt or misery”
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 envelop, wrap up; to overwhelm”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + volvō (“to roll; to tumble”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn; to wind (turn coils)”)).
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INVOLVE at a glance
INVOLVE has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + V 4 + O 1 + L 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,376 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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