| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | im·pute |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m-py t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: im·put·ed, im·put·ing, im·putes
1. To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to: imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience. 2. To assign as a characteristic; credit: the gracefulness so often imputed to cats. See synonyms at attribute. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English imputen, from Old French emputer, from Latin imput re : in-, in; see in–2 + putre, to settle an account; see pau-2 in Appendix I.
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