impute

pronunciation

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Verb:

attribute or credit to
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

Word Origin

impute (v.): early 15c., from Old French imputer (14c.) and directly from Latin imputare "to reckon, make account of, charge, ascribe," from assimilated form of in- "in, into" (see in- (2)) + putare "reckon, clear up, trim, prune, settle" (see pave). Related: Imputed; imputing.

Synonym

v.

credit refer cite ascribe arrogate accredit appropriate assign associate attribute

v.

denounce arraign charge criminate censure delate blame incriminate accuse implicate anathematize revile execrate indict reproach damn assert impeach imprecate curse allege comminate

v.

abase decry degrade dishonour humble pervert disparage humiliate deprecate devaluate belittle shame corrupt depreciate mortify detract debase derogate deflate defile disgrace vitiate discredit

v.

smudge blacken tarnish belie backbite spot injure smear asperse calumniate falsify insult brand soil stigmatize spatter libel insinuate slander sully traduce

v.

vilify vituperate scandalize revile vilipend impugn berate denigrate defame malign

Example

1. Blessed the man to whom the lord will not impute sin .

2. The statisticians " impute " an implicit rent , based on what similar homes fetch on the rental market .

3. Mr. hill tried to impute the monstrous intentions to her .

4. But , I believed that , all these cannot merely impute to thecomputer games existence .

5. I impute his failure to laziness .

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