Associations to the word «Impute»

Wiktionary

IMPUTE, verb. (transitive) To reckon as pertaining or attributable; to charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.
IMPUTE, verb. (transitive) (theology) To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
IMPUTE, verb. (transitive) To take account of; to consider; to regard.
IMPUTE, verb. (transitive) To attribute or credit to.
IMPUTE, verb. (transitive) To attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.

Dictionary definition

IMPUTE, verb. Attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats".
IMPUTE, verb. Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley