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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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