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Imputed
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Example Sentences
- Even the sense of melancholy that might have been imputed to the national mood in recent years seems to have.
- It makes no sense to adjust services by the price of hedonic adj imported manufactured goods, and imputed homeowners rent.
- Esty said, adding that the ranking system is at best approximate, because some individual scores had to be imputed in many cases.
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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; Middle English imputen < Latin imputāre, equivalent to im- im-1 + putāre to assess, reckon, think; see putative
1325–75; Middle English imputen < Latin imputāre, equivalent to im- im-1 + putāre to assess, reckon, think; see putative
Related forms
im·put·a·ble, adjective
im·put·a·tive·ly, adverb
im·put·a·tive·ness, noun
im·put·ed·ly, adverb
EXPANDim·put·er, noun
non·im·put·a·ble, adjective
non·im·put·a·ble·ness, noun
non·im·put·a·b·ly, adverb
non·im·put·a·tive, adjective
non·im·put·a·tive·ly, adverb
non·im·put·a·tive·ness, noun
un·im·put·a·ble, adjective
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Word Origin & History
impute
late 14c., from O.Fr. imputer, from L. imputare "to reckon, account, charge, ascribe," from in- "upon" + putare "reckon, clear up, trim, prune, settle" (see pave).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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