impute

im·pute  (m-pyt)

tr.v. im·put·ed, im·put·ing, im·putes

1. To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to: imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.

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

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

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impute

Verb

[-puting, -puted]

1. to attribute (blame or a crime) to a person

2. to attribute to a source or cause: I impute your success to nepotism [Latin in- in + putare to think]

imputation n

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" 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" 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