Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To relate (something, usually something bad) to a particular cause or source; place the fault or responsibility for: synonym: attribute.
- transitive verb To assign as a characteristic; credit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To charge; attribute; ascribe; reckon as pertaining or attributable.
- To reckon as chargeable or accusable; charge; tax; accuse.
- To attribute vicariously; ascribe as derived from another: used especially in theology. See
doctrine of imputation , under imputation. - To take account of; reckon; regard; consider.
- Synonyms Attribute, Ascribe, Refer, etc. See
attribute .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another.
- transitive verb rare To take account of; to consider; to regard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
reckon aspertaining orattributable ; tocharge ; toascribe ; toattribute ; to set to theaccount of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense. - verb transitive, theology To
ascribe (sin orrighteousness )to someone by substitution. - verb transitive To take account of; to
consider ; toregard . - verb transitive To
attribute orcredit to. - verb transitive To
attribute (responsibility orfault ) to acause orsource .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
- verb attribute or credit to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Though I don't use the word impute too often its etymology is in some ways consistent with the answer to David's question.
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Though I don't use the word impute too often its etymology is in some ways consistent with the answer to David's question.
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Jumping back to Samuel Johnson's word impute, its meaning was to subtract from that same metaphorical balance sheet. about podictionary
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Jumping back to Samuel Johnson's word impute, its meaning was to subtract from that same metaphorical balance sheet. about podictionary
history Charles Hodgson 2010
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And when she gets in front of a judge that judge will "impute" an income to you even if you are unemployed and insist that you continue to support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
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And when she gets in front of a judge that judge will "impute" an income to you even if you are unemployed and insist that you continue to support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
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And when she gets in front of a judge that judge will "impute" an income to you even if you are unemployed and insist that you continue to support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
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And when she gets in front of a judge that judge will "impute" an income to you even if you are unemployed and insist that you continue to support her in the style to which she is accustomed.
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We make or "impute" these mental abstractions all the time.
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Based on that sequence, as a manner of speaking, we say or "impute" that there is a habit of drinking tea.
shevek commented on the word impute
Also to accuse.
July 20, 2008