Added 9 October 2026
impute
/ɪmˈpjuːt/ verb
Latin root: imputō Wiktionary
verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about impute at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Attribute or credit to.
We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
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Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”).
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