Im-pūte′, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. IMPUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. IMPUTING.] [Fr. imputer, Sp. imputar, It. & Lat. imputare, from Lat. prefix im, for in, and putare, to reckon, think.]

1Sense 1. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of.

Nor you, ye proud, to these impute the fault, If memory o’er their tomb no trophies raise. Gray.

2Sense 2. To charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor of;—generally in a bad sense.

One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him—envy. Macaulay.

3Sense 3. (Theol.) To set to the account of another as the ground of judicial procedure.

And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom. iv. 22.

Thy merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own both righteous and unrighteous deeds. Milton.

4Sense 4. To take account of; to reckon; to regard; to consider. [Rare.]

If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. Gibbon.

Synonyms—To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon. See ASCRIBE.