impute

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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. Source: opted

3. v. t. To take account of; to consider; to regard. Source: opted

4. v. attribute or credit to Source: wordnet

5. v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source Source: wordnet

6. 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. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Gray. One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy. Macaulay. 2. (Theol.) 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, both righteous and unrighteous deeds. Milton. 3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.] 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. Source: webster

7. 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. Source: adambom

8. v:100 v. attribute or credit to v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source Source: ecdict

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