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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Imputable  \Im*put"a*ble\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  imputable.] 
  1.  That  may  be  imputed;  capable  of  being  imputed;  chargeable; 
  ascribable;  attributable;  referable. 
 
  A  prince  whose  political  vices,  at  least,  were 
  imputable  to  mental  incapacity.  --Prescott. 
 
  2.  Accusable;  culpable.  [R.] 
 
  The  fault  lies  at  his  door,  and  she  is  no  wise 
  imputable.  --Ayliffe. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  imputable 
  adj  :  (usually  followed  by  `to')  able  to  be  assigned  or  credited 
  to  "punctuation  errors  ascribable  to  careless 
  proofreading";  "the  cancellation  of  the  concert  was  due 
  to  the  rain";  "the  oversight  was  not  imputable  to  him"; 
  "decide  to  which  of  these  motives  such  extraordinary 
  scenes  are  referable"-  Charles  Dickens  [syn:  {ascribable(p)}, 
  {due  to(p)},  {imputable(p)},  {referable(p)}] 




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