impute
im·pute
verb \im-ˈpyüt\im·put·edim·put·ing
Definition of IMPUTE
transitive verb
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>
— im·put·abil·i·ty \-ˌpyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
— im·put·able \-ˈpyü-tə-bəl\ adjective
Examples of IMPUTE
- <people often impute his silence to unfriendliness and not to the shyness it really represents>
Origin of IMPUTE
Middle English, from Anglo-French imputer, from Latin imputare, from in- + putare to consider
First Known Use: 14th century
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Rhymes with IMPUTE
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