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Thesaurus: impute

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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  1. v. t. 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. v. t. To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
  3. v. t. To take account of; to consider; to regard.
  4. v. attribute or credit to
  5. v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
  6. 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, bothrighteous and unrighteous deeds. Milton.
  7. v:100 v. attribute or credit to v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source