Definition of "involve" []

• To contain as a part; include. (verb-transitive)
• To have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail: was told that the job would involve travel. See Synonyms at include. (verb-transitive)
• To engage as a participant; embroil: involved the bystanders in his dispute with the police. (verb-transitive)
• To connect closely and often incriminatingly; implicate: evidence that involved the governor in the scandal. (verb-transitive)
• To influence or affect: The matter is serious because it involves your reputation. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And you can pretty well summarize the next three Habits with the expression "involve others in the problem and work out the solution together.""
• "Cases to be heard this term involve immigration, affirmative action, gay marriage and health care."
• "While Rice justifies her decision by saying the book will have a definite Christian framework and a focus on the theme of redemption, she admits that the future chronicle will once again involve the character Lestat and a fictional organization known as the Talamaska that is responsible for investigating the supernatural."