"impute" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪmˈpjuːt/ Audio: en-us-impute.ogg Forms: imputes [present, singular, third-person], imputing [participle, present], imputed [participle, past], imputed [past]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pewH-}}, {{bor|en|frm|imputer}} Middle French imputer, {{der|en|la|imputō||to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute}} Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} impute (third-person singular simple present imputes, present participle imputing, simple past and past participle imputed)
  1. (transitive) To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source. Tags: transitive Synonyms: attribute, insinuate, charge, imply Translations (to attribute to a cause or source): приписвам (pripisvam) (Bulgarian), отдавам (otdavam) (Bulgarian), přisuzovat [imperfective] (Czech), přičítat [imperfective] (Czech), připisovat [imperfective] (Czech), imputer (French), zuschreiben (German), imputare (Italian), 돌리다 (dollida) (Korean), whakairi (Maori), whakatuaki (Maori), przypisać (Polish), imputować (Polish), imputar (Portuguese), imputa (Romanian), вменять (vmenjatʹ) (Russian), tillskriva [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impute-en-verb-bNQJnIU2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 10 6 13 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 20 7 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 35 20 7 16 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 29 21 10 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 23 9 19 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 21 7 18 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 31 21 7 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 31 21 7 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 34 20 7 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 34 20 7 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 34 19 9 17 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 34 21 7 17 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 34 20 7 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 31 21 7 18 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 21 8 19 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 35 20 6 18 22 Disambiguation of 'to attribute to a cause or source': 81 5 1 11 2
  2. (transitive, theology) To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Theology Translations (to ascribe sin or righteousness): приписвам (pripisvam) (Bulgarian), imputer (French), anrechnen (German), zurechnen (German), imputare (Italian), 転嫁する (tenka suru) (Japanese), 돌리다 (dollida) (Korean), przypisać (Polish), imputar (Portuguese), imputa (Romanian), припи́сывать (pripísyvatʹ) (Russian), tillskriva [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impute-en-verb-r8lCaMFh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 10 6 13 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 23 9 19 21 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology Disambiguation of 'to ascribe sin or righteousness': 18 65 2 14 1
  3. (transitive) To take into account. Tags: transitive Synonyms: consider, regard, reckon Translations (to take account of; regard): отчитам (otčitam) (Bulgarian), in Betracht ziehen (German), einbeziehen (German), einberechnen (German), einkalkulieren (German), erwägen (German), betrachten (German)
    Sense id: en-impute-en-verb-~7epvJf7 Disambiguation of 'to take account of; regard': 6 3 82 2 6
  4. (transitive) To attribute or credit to. Tags: transitive Synonyms: attribute, ascribe, assign Translations (to attribute or credit to): приписвам (pripisvam) (Bulgarian), přisuzovat [imperfective] (Czech), zuschreiben (German), unterstellen (German), imputare (Italian), 転嫁する (tenka suru) (Japanese), 돌리다 (dollida) (Korean), przypisać (Polish), imputar (Portuguese), imputa (Romanian), припи́сывать (pripísyvatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-impute-en-verb-nRjHEVVe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 10 6 13 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 23 9 19 21 Disambiguation of 'to attribute or credit to': 21 5 1 71 2
  5. (transitive, statistics) To replace missing data with substituted values. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-impute-en-verb-e6xm8fkx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 10 6 13 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 28 23 9 19 21 Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: imputability, imputable, imputableness, imputably, imputation, imputed

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          "ref": "1788, Edward Gibbon, “Chapter 64: A.D. 1355–1391: The Emperor John Palæologus; Discord of the Greeks”, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume 6, page 328",
          "text": "They ſerved with honour in the wars of Bajazet; but a plan of fortifying Conſtantinople excited his jealouſy: he threatened their lives; the new works were inſtantly demoliſhed; and we ſhall beſtow a praiſe, perhaps above the merit of Palæologus, if we impute this laſt humiliation as the cauſe of his death.",
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