English Explanatory Dictionary

impute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
  2. To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
  3. To take into account.
  4. To attribute or credit to.
  5. To replace missing data with substituted values.

Pronunciation

/ɪmˈpjuːt/ /ɪmˈpjut/ en-us-impute.ogg /ɪmˈpjʉːt/ /əmˈpjʉːt/

Word forms

impute imputes imputing imputed

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”).

Synonyms

attribute insinuate charge imply accredit ascribe attach chalk up to draw impute lay put down to repose consider regard reckon assign

Derived words

imputability imputable imputableness imputably imputation imputative imputed misimpute
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