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imputing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impute \Im*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imputing.] [F. imputer, L. imputare to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute; pref. im- in + putare to reckon, think. See Putative.]
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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.
Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise.
--Gray.One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy.
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(Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
It was imputed to him for righteousness.
--Rom. iv. 22.They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.
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To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.]
If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death.
--Gibbon.Syn: To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply; insinuate; refer. See Ascribe.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of impute English)
Usage examples of "imputing".
Liberals instinctively responded to the attack of 9-11 by imputing their own hatred of America to camel-riding nomads.
She really should be careful about imputing sordid motives to the First Lord.