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