involve

Meanings

• connect closely and often incriminatingly
• engage as a participant
  • "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
• have as a necessary feature
  • "This decision involves many changes"
• require as useful, just, or proper
• contain as a part
  • "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
• occupy or engage the interest of
  • "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
• make complex or intricate or complicated
  • "The situation was rather involved"

Synonyms

affect, ask, call for, demand, imply, necessitate, need, postulate, regard, require, take