|
|
- pronunciation:
- ihm
pyut
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
imputes, imputing, imputed |
| definition 1: |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause.
Psychologists impute her reckless behavior to despair rather than stupidity.- similar words:
- accredit, ascribe, attribute, lay
|
| definition 2: |
to credit or discredit someone with.
They will impute a lack of patriotism to anyone who disagrees with them.- similar words:
- lay
|
| related words: |
accuse, affix, allege, arrogate, implicate, indict, tax |
|
|
|
|
| derivations: |
imputative (adj.), imputatively (adv.) |
|
|