involve -
v.tr. 1 (often foll. by in) cause (a person or
thing) to participate, or share the experience or effect (in a situation, activity, etc.).
2 imply, entail, make necessary.
3 (foll. by in)
implicate (a person in a
charge, crime, etc.).
4 include or affect in its operations.
5 (as
involved adj.) a (often foll. by in) concerned or interested. b complicated in thought or form.
[ME f. L involvere involut- (as IN-(2), volvere roll)]