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impute - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To relate (something, usually something bad) to a particular cause or source; place the fault or responsibility for: synonym: attribute.
- transitive verb To assign as a characteristic; credit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To charge; attribute; ascribe; reckon as pertaining or attributable.
- To reckon as chargeable or accusable; charge; tax; accuse.
- To attribute vicariously; ascribe as derived from another: used especially in theology. See
doctrine of imputation , under imputation. - To take account of; reckon; regard; consider.
- Synonyms Attribute, Ascribe, Refer, etc. See
attribute .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another.
- transitive verb rare To take account of; to consider; to regard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
reckon aspertaining orattributable ; tocharge ; toascribe ; toattribute ; to set to theaccount of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense. - verb transitive, theology To
ascribe (sin orrighteousness )to someone by substitution. - verb transitive To take account of; to
consider ; toregard . - verb transitive To
attribute orcredit to. - verb transitive To
attribute (responsibility orfault ) to acause orsource .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
- verb attribute or credit to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English imputen, from Old French emputer, from Latin imputāre : in-, in; see in– + putāre, to settle an account; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
French imputer, Latin imputare ("to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute").
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Examples
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Though I don't use the word impute too often its etymology is in some ways consistent with the answer to David's question.
podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history 2010
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Though I don't use the word impute too often its etymology is in some ways consistent with the answer to David's question.
history Charles Hodgson 2010
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Jumping back to Samuel Johnson's word impute, its meaning was to subtract from that same metaphorical balance sheet. about podictionary
podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history 2010
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Jumping back to Samuel Johnson's word impute, its meaning was to subtract from that same metaphorical balance sheet. about podictionary
history Charles Hodgson 2010
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And when she gets in front of a judge that judge will "impute" an income to you even if you are unemployed and insist that you continue to support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
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And when she gets in front of a judge that judge will "impute" an income to you even if you are unemployed and insist that you continue to support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
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And when she gets in front of a judge that judge will "impute" an income to you even if you are unemployed and insist that you continue to support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
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And when she gets in front of a judge that judge will "impute" an income to you even if you are unemployed and insist that you continue to support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
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We make or "impute" these mental abstractions all the time.
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Based on that sequence, as a manner of speaking, we say or "impute" that there is a habit of drinking tea.
Related Words
synonyms (58)
Words with the same meaning
- accredit
- accuse
- adduce
- allege
- apply
- arraign
- article
- ascribe
- assign
- attach
- attribute
- book
- bring accusation
- bring charges
- bring to book
- charge
- cite
- complain
- consider
- credit
- denounce
- denunciate
- fasten on
- fasten upon
- finger
- give
- hang something on
- hint
- hint at
- impeach
- imply
- indict
- inform against
- inform on
- insinuate
- intimate
- lay
- lay charges
- lodge a complaint
- lodge a plaint
- pin on
- place
- prefer charges
- press charges
- put
- put on report
- reckon
- refer
- regard
- report
- reproach
- set down to
- suggest
- take to task
- task
- taunt with
- tax
- twit
same context (24)
Words that are found in similar contexts
relateds (6)
relateds
cross-references (2)
Cross-references
rhymes (56)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Beirut
- Bute
- Butte
- Jute
- Root
- Shute
- absolut
- acute
- astute
- boot
- brut
- brute
- bute
- butte
- cahoot
- chute
- commute
- compute
- coot
- cute
- dilute
- dispute
- disrepute
- enroute
- flute
- fruit
- groot
- hirsute
- hoot
- jute
- loot
- lute
- minute
- moot
- mute
- newt
- permute
- pollute
- pursuit
- pute
- recruit
- refute
- repute
- reroute
- root
- route
- salute
- scoot
- shoot
- smoot
- stroot
- subacute
- suit
- toot
- uproot
- voute
shevek commented on the word impute
Also to accuse.
July 20, 2008