impute
to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.
to attribute or ascribe (something discreditable), as to a person.
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.
Theology. to attribute (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to a person or persons vicariously; ascribe as derived from another.
Obsolete. to charge (a person) with fault.
Origin of impute
1synonym study For impute
Other words from impute
- im·put·a·ble, adjective
- im·put·a·tive [im-pyoo-tuh-tiv], /ɪmˈpyu tə tɪv/, adjective
- im·put·a·tive·ly, adverb
- im·put·a·tive·ness, noun
- im·put·ed·ly, adverb
- im·put·er, noun
- non·im·put·a·ble, adjective
- non·im·put·a·ble·ness, noun
- non·im·put·a·bly, 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
Words that may be confused with impute
- impugn, impute
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How to use impute in a sentence
I fear that the sloppiness Kakutani imputes to Mailer fits her review more closely than his text.
"Your Majesty imputes to me a presumption of which I am not guilty, in supposing me to aspire so highly," said Oliver.
Quentin Durward | Sir Walter ScottTo the class of things apprehended as animate, the barbarian fancy imputes an unfolding of activity directed to some end.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenThe explanation here put forward imputes no unworthy motive.
The Theory of the Leisure Class | Thorstein VeblenWhat law and what judge imputes a like criminality to the fornicator as to the adulterer?
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love | Emanuel Swedenborg
I deny that I ever made the "philosophical pretensions" which Dr. Royce calumniously imputes to me.
A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University | Francis Ellingwood Abbot
British Dictionary definitions for impute
/ (ɪmˈpjuːt) /
to attribute or ascribe (something dishonest or dishonourable, esp a criminal offence) to a person
to attribute to a source or cause: I impute your success to nepotism
commerce to give (a notional value) to goods or services when the real value is unknown
Origin of impute
1Derived forms of impute
- imputation, noun
- imputative, adjective
- imputer, noun
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