v. t. | 1. | |
1. | 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. | |
2. | (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; | |
3. | To take account of; to consider; to regard. |
Verb | 1. | impute - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" |
2. | impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness" |