meaning of impute
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. To adjudge as ones own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
3. To take account of; to consider; to regard.
4. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to
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