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1 definition 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}.
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