v.tr. (foll. by to)
1. regard (esp. something undesirable) as being done or caused or possessed by.
2 Theol. ascribe (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to (a person) by virtue of a similar quality in another.
Derivatives:
imputable adj. imputation n. imputative adj.
Etymology: ME f. OF imputer f. L imputare enter in the account (as IN-(2), putare reckon)