impute
VerbUS[im-pyoot]/ˌɪmˈpjut/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Verb (2)imputed, imputing
- attribute or credit to“We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”“People impute great cleverness to cats”Synonyms: ascribeassignattributeMore general evaluate, pass judgmentMore specific blame, credit, accredit, internalize, sensualize, anthropomorphize, reattribute, personify, project
- attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source“The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness”More general ascribe, assignSimilar ascribe, assign
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Im·pute′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Imputed; present participle & verbal noun Imputing.]
Origin: F. imputer, L. imputare to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute; pref. im- in + putare to reckon, think. See Putative.
1. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; — generally in a bad sense.
Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise.— Asa Gray
One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him — envy.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
2. Theology To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
It was imputed to him for righteousness.— Rom. iv. 22.
They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.— John Milton
3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. rare
If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death.— Edward Gibbon
Synonyms: To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply; insinuate; refer. See Ascribe.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54