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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions impute verb (imput, ing) (transitive) To reckon as pertaining or attributable; 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. (transitive) (theology) 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. (transitive) To take account of; to consider; to regard. If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. --Gibbon. (transitive) To attribute or credit to. We imputed this quotation to Shakespeare. People impute great cleverness to cats. (transitive) To attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source. The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness. Translations:  Spanish: imputar Etymology: imputer, imputare "to bring into the reckoning", "charge", "impute".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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