impute

[im·pute]

The verb impute can be used to blame someone for doing something bad, give credit for good work, or just tell it like it is, like when you impute your lateness to my not telling you where to meet me.

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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.

Verb
attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

Verb
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student''s failure to his nervousness"

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.

v. t.
To take account of; to consider; to regard.

Impute

Im*pute" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imputing.] [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.

One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy.

2. (Theol.) 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.

They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.

3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.]

If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death.

Syn. -- To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply; insinuate; refer. See Ascribe.

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.

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Usage Examples

The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.

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