01 v. t. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- gen…
imp. & p. p.
Imputed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Imputing
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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.
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To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.(Theol.)“It was imputed to him for righteousness.” — Rom. iv. 22.“They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.” — Milton.
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To take account of; to consider; to regard.[R.]“If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death.” — Gibbon.