Impute /(?)/

Im·pute

Impute

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Imputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imputing

  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.
    One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him -- envy.
  2. To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. (Theol.)
    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.
  3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.]
    If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death.