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Meaning of 'impute' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Impute [ 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.
- To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
- To take account of; to consider; to regard.

Meaning of 'impute' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . impute [ v]
Meaning (1):
- attribute or credit to
Example in sentence:
  • People impute great cleverness to cats;
  • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
Meaning (2):
- attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
Example in sentence:
  • The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness

Nearby Words:

imp imp-pole impacable impackment impact impacted impacting impaction impaint impair

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