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im⋅pute

  [im-pyoot]
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–verb (used with object), -put⋅ed, -put⋅ing.
1. to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
2. to attribute or ascribe (something discreditable), as to a person.
3. Law. to ascribe to or charge (a person) with an act or quality because of the conduct of another over whom one has control or for whose acts or conduct one is responsible.
4. Theology. to attribute (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to a person or persons vicariously; ascribe as derived from another.
5. Obsolete. to charge (a person) with fault.
Origin:
1325–75; ME imputen < L imputāre, equiv. to im- im- 1 + putāre to assess, reckon, think; see putative

Related forms:
im⋅put⋅a⋅ble, adjective
im⋅put⋅a⋅tive  [im-pyoo-tuh-tiv] , adjective
im⋅put⋅a⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
im⋅put⋅a⋅tive⋅ness, noun
im⋅put⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
im⋅put⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See attribute.
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im·pute   (ĭm-pyōōt')   
tr.v.   im·put·ed, im·put·ing, im·putes

  1. To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to: imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.

  2. To assign as a characteristic; credit: the gracefulness so often imputed to cats. See Synonyms at attribute.


[Middle English imputen, from Old French emputer, from Latin imputāre : in-, in; see in-2 + putāre, to settle an account; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

impute 
c.1375, from O.Fr. imputer, from L. imputare "to reckon, account, charge, ascribe," from in- "upon" + putare "reckon, clear up, trim, prune, settle."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: im·pute
Pronunciation: im-'pyüt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: im·put·ed; im·put·ing
1 : to consider or calculate as a value or cost (as for taxation); broadly : to reckon as an actual thing <impute a benefit from the use of the car>
2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to direct (payment) to principal or interest
3 : to attribute to a party esp. because of responsibility for another <impute knowledge to his corporate superior> —im·pu·ta·tion /"im-py&-'tA-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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