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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. --Gray.
One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him --
envy. --Macaulay.
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. --Rom. iv
22.
They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce
Their own both righteous and unrighteous deeds.
--Milton.
3. To take account of to consider; to regard. [R.]
If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of
his death. --Gibbon.
Syn: To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply;
insinuate; refer. See {Ascribe}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
impute
v : attribute to a source or cause "We attributed this
quotation to Shakespeare" [syn: {ascribe}, {assign}, {attribute}]
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