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im·pute
 impute
- pronunciation:
- ihm
pyut
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
imputed, imputes, imputing |
| definition 1: |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause.
Psychologists impute her reckless behavior to despair rather than stupidity.- similar words:
- accredit, ascribe, attribute, lay
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| definition 2: |
to credit or discredit someone with.
They will impute a lack of patriotism to anyone who disagrees with them.- similar words:
- lay
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| related words: |
accuse, affix, allege, arrogate, implicate, indict, tax |
| derivations: |
imputative (adj.), imputatively (adv.) |
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