involved

Etymology

involve + -ed

adj

1. Complicated.
   He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
   E-commerce has turned even the laying of a floor into a fiendishly involved business. November 21 2019, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian
2. Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
   He was involved in the project for three years.
   He got involved in a bar fight.
   When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.
3. Having an affair with someone.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of involve
   The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.