impute

The definition of impute is to assign a fault or blame.

(verb)

An example of to impute is find an oil leak as the cause for a car breaking down.
An example of to impute is to call someone clumsy.

See impute in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to: imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.
To assign as a characteristic; credit: the gracefulness so often imputed to cats. See Synonyms at attribute.

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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