ə̇mˈpyüt, usu -üd.+V transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English inputen, from Latin imputare, from in- in- (II) + putare to consider, think — more at pave
1.
a. : to attribute accusingly : lay the responsibility or blame for sometimes falsely or unjustly
accused him of her own fault, in imputing to him the wreck of her project — George Meredith
b. : to credit or ascribe to a person or a cause
imputing to me better qualities than I possess
our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement — B.N.Cardozo
imputing his visit to a wish of hearing that she was better — Jane Austen
often falsely, accusingly, or unjustly
soon began to believe in the opulence imputed to me — L.P.Smith
imputing to him a guilt of which he was innocent — Edith Sitwell
how dare you … impute such monstrous intentions to me — G.B.Shaw
c. : to make a legal imposition of (as a charge against someone)
d. : to credit by transferal (a virtue or the benefit of a good work) to the account of someone other than the initiating agent
2. obsolete : reckon , consider , regard
3. : impart , give
with his hand he imputes life to clay — Samuel Alexander
4. obsolete : to charge someone with a wrongdoing or crime
Synonyms: see ascribe