impute[verb]Synonyms: ascribe, accredit, assign, attribute, charge, credit, lay, refer
Related Words: accuse,
indict,
adduce,
hint,
insinuate,
intimate [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
im‧pute /ɪmˈpjuːt/
verb[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: imputare, from putare 'to think, consider']
impute something to somebody phrasal verb formal to say, often unfairly, that someone is responsible for something bad or has bad intentions:
The police were not guilty of the violence imputed to them.—imputation /ˌɪmpjʊˈteɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲