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

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.