Definitions for IMPUTE
ɪmˈpyutim·pute

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. impute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb

   attribute or credit to

   "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

2. imputeverb

   attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

   "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. imputeverb

   To reckon as pertaining or attributable; to charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.

2. imputeverb

   To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.

3. imputeverb

   To take account of; to consider; to regard.

4. imputeverb

   To attribute or credit to.

5. imputeverb

   To attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.

   The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.

6. Etymology: imputer, imputare.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To IMPUTEverb

   Etymology: imputer, Fr. imputo, Latin.

   1. To charge upon; to attribute: generally ill; sometimes good.

   It was imputed to him for righteousness. Ro. iv. 22.

   Men in their innovations should follow the example of time, which innovateth but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived; for otherwise whatsoever is new and unlooked for, ever mends some, and pairs others; and he that is holpen takes it for a fortune, and thanks the time; and he that is hurt for a wrong, imputeth it to the author. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   I made it by your persuasion, to satisfy those who imputed it to folly. William Temple.

   Impute your dangers to our ignorance. Dryden.

   This obscurity cannot be imputed to want of language in so great a master of stile. John Locke.

   I have read a book imputed to lord Bathurst, called a dissertation on parties. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To reckon to one what does not properly belong to him.

   Thy merit
   Imputed shall absolve them who renounce
   Their own both righteous and unrighteous deeds. John Milton.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Imputeverb

   to charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense

2. Imputeverb

   to adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us

3. Imputeverb

   to take account of; to consider; to regard

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Impute

   im-pūt′, v.t. to reckon as belonging to (in a bad sense): to charge: (theol.) to attribute vicariously: (rare) to take account of.—adj. Imput′able, capable of being imputed or charged: attributable.—ns. Imput′ableness, Imputabil′ity.—adv. Imput′ably.—n. Imputā′tion, act of imputing or charging: censure: reproach: the reckoning as belonging to.—adjs. Imput′ative, imputed; Imput′atively.—n. Imput′er. [Fr. imputer—L. imputāre, -ātum—in, in, putāre, to reckon.]

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1. • Attribute

Anagrams for IMPUTE »

1. uptime

How to pronounce IMPUTE?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of IMPUTE in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of IMPUTE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of IMPUTE in a Sentence

1. Daniel Rose:

   First, the captain, individually, is obviously not a realistic source of recovery for the families, second, the only reason to assert allegations against the captain is to impute his acts or omissions to TOTE, but it still has to be done in a way to defeat the limitation. Simply suing the Captain does not accomplish that.

2. Cicero:

   No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=IMPUTE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Impute
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=IMPUTE
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/IMPUTE
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=IMPUTE