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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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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.
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Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault,
If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. --Gray.
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One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him --
envy. --Macaulay.
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2. (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or
righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ
is imputed to us.
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It was imputed to him for righteousness. --Rom. iv.
22.
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They merit
Imputed shall absolve them who renounce
Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.
--Milton.
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3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.]
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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}.
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