IMPUTE


Meaning of IMPUTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ im-ˈpyüt ]

transitive verb

( 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 -ˌpyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē noun

• im·put·able -ˈpyü-tə-bəl adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.