v.
Pronunciation: im- ' pyüt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: 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 \ - ˌ pyü-t ə - ' bi-l ə -t ē \ noun
– im · put · able \ - ' pyü-t ə -b ə l \ adjective