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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary im·pute (im·put·ed ; im·put·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French imputer, from Latin imputare, from in- + putare to consider DATE 14th century 1. to lay the responsibility or blame for often falsely or unjustly 2. to credit to a person or a cause : attribute our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement — B. N. Cardozo Synonyms: see ascribe English Etymology impute late 14c., from O.Fr . imputer, from L. imputare "to reckon, account, charge, ascribe," from in- "upon" + putare "reckon, clear up, trim, prune, settle" (see pave).http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 impute im·pute / im5pju:t / PHRASAL VERBS ▪ im'pute sth to sb / sth (formal) to say, often unfairly, that sb is responsible for sth or has a particular quality (常指不公正地把责任等)归于 SYN attribute
• im·put·ation / 7impju5teiFn / noun[U, C] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb Synonyms: ASCRIBE , accredit, assign, attribute, charge, credit, lay, refer Related Words: accuse, indict; adduce; hint, insinuate, intimate Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged im·pute \ə̇mˈpyüt, usu -üd.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English inputen, from Latin imputare, from in- in- (II) + putare to consider, think — more at pave 1. a. : to attribute accusingly : lay the responsibility or blame for sometimes falsely or unjustly < accused him of her own fault, in imputing to him the wreck of her project — George Meredith > b. : to credit or ascribe to a person or a cause < imputing to me better qualities than I possess > < our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement — B.N.Cardozo > < imputing his visit to a wish of hearing that she was better — Jane Austen > often falsely, accusingly, or unjustly < soon began to believe in the opulence imputed to me — L.P.Smith > < imputing to him a guilt of which he was innocent — Edith Sitwell > < how dare you … impute such monstrous intentions to me — G.B.Shaw > c. : to make a legal imposition of (as a charge against someone) d. : to credit by transferal (a virtue or the benefit of a good work) to the account of someone other than the initiating agent 2. obsolete : reckon , consider , regard 3. : impart , give < with his hand he imputes life to clay — Samuel Alexander > 4. obsolete : to charge someone with a wrongdoing or crime Synonyms: see ascribe |
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