Main Entry:

im·pute

Pronunciation:

\im-ˈpyüt\

Function:

transitive verb

Inflected Form(s):

im·put·ed; im·put·ing

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French imputer, from Latin imputare, from in- + putare to consider

Date:

14th century

1 : to lay the responsibility or blame for often falsely or unjustly 2 : to credit to a person or a cause : attribute <our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement — B. N. Cardozo>

synonyms see ascribe

— im·put·abil·i·ty \-ˌpyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun

— im·put·able \-ˈpyü-tə-bəl\ adjective