impute

impute

to attribute or ascribe something discreditable: He imputed the error to the salesperson.

Not to be confused with:

impugn – to attack as untrue; censure; malign; to cast doubt upon: Her reputation was impugned.

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im·pute

 (ĭm-pyo͞ot′)

tr.v. im·put·ed, im·put·ing, im·putes

1. To relate (something, usually something bad) to a particular cause or source; place the fault or responsibility for: imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience. See Synonyms at attribute.

2. To assign as a characteristic; credit: the gracefulness so often imputed to cats.

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[Middle English imputen, from Old French emputer, from Latin imputāre : in-, in; see in-² + putāre, to settle an account; see pau- in Indo-European roots.]

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impute

(ɪmˈpjuːt)

vb (tr)

1. to attribute or ascribe (something dishonest or dishonourable, esp a criminal offence) to a person

2. to attribute to a source or cause: I impute your success to nepotism.

3. (Commerce) commerce to give (a notional value) to goods or services when the real value is unknown

[C14: from Latin imputāre, from im- + putāre to think, calculate]

ˌimpuˈtation n

imˈputative adj

imˈputatively adv

imˈputer n

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im•pute

(ɪmˈpyut)

v.t. -put•ed, -put•ing.

1. to attribute or ascribe: The children imputed magical powers to the old woman.

2. to attribute or ascribe (something discreditable) to someone or something.

3. to attribute (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to a person or persons vicariously.

4. to charge (a person) with fault.

[1325–75; Middle English < Latin imputāre=im- im-¹ + putāre to assess, think; see putative]

im•put′a•ble, adj.

im•put′er, n.

syn: See attribute.

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impute

Past participle: imputed
Gerund: imputing

Imperative

impute

impute

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	impute - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" ascribe, attribute, assign pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness" carnalize, sensualize - ascribe to an origin in sensation credit - give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs" reattribute - attribute to another source anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize - ascribe human features to something personate, personify - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous" credit, accredit - ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program" blame, charge - attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" externalise, externalize, project - regard as objective interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize - incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; "internalize a belief"
	2.	impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness" ascribe, attribute, impute, assign - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

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impute

verb attribute, assign, ascribe, credit, refer, accredit It is unfair to impute blame to the employees.

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impute

verb

1. To ascribe (a misdeed or an error, for example) to:

affix, assign, blame, fasten, fix, pin on, place.

2. To regard as belonging to or resulting from another:

accredit, ascribe, assign, attribute, charge, credit, lay, refer.

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Translations

imputer

attribuireimputareimputazione

impute

[ɪmˈpjuːt] VT to impute sth to sb → imputar or atribuir algo a algn

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impute

[ɪmˈpjuːt] vt (= attribute) → imputer
to impute blame to sb → imputer la responsabilité à qn

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impute

vt → zuschreiben (to sb/sth jdm/einer Sache); to impute a crime to somebody → jdn eines Verbrechens bezichtigen

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impute

[ɪmˈpjuːt] vt (frm) to impute (to) (change, development) → attribuire (a); (crime, blame) → imputare (a)

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