Impute has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"
"People impute great cleverness to cats"
2
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
"The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"
3
To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
Example Sentences
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"
verb
"People impute great cleverness to cats"
verb
"The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"
verb
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