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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn