implicans

== English == === Etymology === From Latin implicans. === Noun === implicans (grammar) The antecedent in the if-clause; the well-formed formula (wff). Synonym: protasis Coordinate terms: implicand, implicate ==== Related terms ==== implicandum == Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of implicō (“entangle, enfold”) === Participle === implicāns (genitive implicantis); third-declension one-termination participle entangling, entwining enfolding, enveloping, encircling embracing clasping, grasping (figuratively) uniting, associating, joining implicating, involving, embarrassing ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective.