The definition of impute is to assign a fault or blame.
(verb)See impute in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb imputed, imputing
Origin: ME imputen < OFr imputer < L imputare < in-, in, to + putare, to estimate, think, orig., to prune, cleanse: see pure
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See impute in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb im·put·ed, im·put·ing, im·putes
Origin:
Origin: Middle English imputen
Origin: , from Old French emputer
Origin: , from Latin imputāre
Origin: : in-, in; see in-2
Origin: + putāre, to settle an account; see pau-2 in Indo-European roots
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