Impute

Definition: Impute

Impute

Verb

1. Attribute to a source or cause; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare".

Date "impute" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Note: Impute \Im*pute"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Imputed; present participle verb or noun Imputing.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Impute

Synonyms: ascribe (v), assign (v), attribute (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Accusation	Verb: accuse, charge, tax, impute, twit, taunt with, reproach.
Attribution	Verb: attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.
Disrepute	Impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Impute

English words defined with "impute": Aret, Arrect ♦ Imputed, Imputing ♦ Suppute ♦ To lay to, To put on ♦ White lie, Wite. (references)

Etymologies containing "impute": Putative. (references)

Author	Quotation
Marcus T. Cicero	No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Let us, then, impute these terrible collisions only to the fatality of things.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Impute" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 80.95% of the time. "Impute" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	80.95%	17	85,106
Lexical Verb (base form)	19.05%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	21	N/A

Expressions using "impute": impute smth. to ♦ impute smth. to smb. ♦ impute the fault to another. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "impute"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vesh (accredit, apparel, array, arrogate, ascribe, attire, attribute, back, cannon, clothe, coat, cover up, Don, dress, ear, endue, enrobe, face, garb, gird, hanger, inlay, invest, line, lug, overlay, paper, pop, pull on, put on, raceme, revet, sheathe, tapestry, throw on, tog, vesture, wear, whack), vë fajin, ngjit (agglutinate, arrogate, ascribe, attach, attribute, braze, climb, fuse, fuze, glue, gum, Mount, paste, post, post up, put up, seal, solder, splice, stick, transmit, weld), ngjis (agglutinate, arrogate, ascribe, attach, attribute, braze, climb, fuse, fuze, glue, gum, Mount, paste, post, post up, put up, seal, solder, splice, stick, transmit, weld), ngarkoj (attribute, burden, charge, commission, cumber, delegate, encumber, entrain, entruck, freight, impose, Lade, load, saddle, ship, weight). (various references)

Arabic		‏نسب الى (relate), ‏عزا (assign, attribute, refer), ‏ألصق به تهمة ما. (various references)

Bulgarian		вменявам във вина, вменявам в грях, отдавам (attach, devote, give, pay, refer, render, set down, spend), обяснявам (account, explain, explicate, illuminate, interpret, justify, refer, set forth, set out, tell, translate, unravel), приписвам (accredit, assign, attach, credit, lay, refer, set down). (various references)

Chinese		�'罪于 (Imputed, Imputing). (various references)

Czech		přièítat komu co (impute smth. to smb.), nařknout koho z èeho (impute smth. to smb.). (various references)

Danish		skønne over,hvad prisen for et nyt produkt ville have været i basisåret (to impute what the price of a new product would have been in the base period), skønne en pris i den seneste periode for det produkt,der ikke længere eksisterer (to impute a price for an obsolete product which no longer exists in the most recent period). (various references)

Dutch		een onschuldige van een misdaad beschuldigen (to impute a crime to an innocent person), ...voor de recente periode een prijs voor het verdwenen produkt...worden vastgesteld (to impute a price for an obsolete product which no longer exists in the most recent period), ...voor de basisperiode een prijs voor het nieuwe produkt (to impute what the price of a new product would have been in the base period). (various references)

Farsi		متهم کردن (Accuse, Challenge, Delate, Indict, Tax, Upbraid), نسبت دادن (Ascribe, Attach, Attribute, Credit), تقسیم کردن (Administer, Apportion, Compartment, Distribute, Divide, Intersect, Sector), اسنادکردن , دادن (Admit, Afford, Concede, Give, Grant, Mete, Mind, Pay, Render), بستن (Assess, Attach, Bang, Bar, Belt, Bind, Bloc, Block, Blockade, Choke, Clasp, Coagulate, Congeal, Cork, Curdle, Gird, Hasp, Jam, Jell, Knit, Obturate, Padlock, Pen, Picket, Plug, Seal, Shut, Steek, Tighten, Truss, Wattle). (various references)

Finnish		pitää syytöntä henkilöä syyllisenä rikokseen (to impute a crime to an innocent person). (various references)

French		imputer, attribuer. (various references)

German		zuschreiben (accredit, affiliate, ascribe, attribute, blame, credit, hold against, put down, set down, sign over, to ascribe, to impute, transfer). (various references)

Greek		κατηγορώ (accuse, allege, arraign, blam, blame, charge, charge somebody with, charge with, decry, impeachment, inculpate, indict, reproach), αποδίδω (ascribe, assign, attribute, convey, give back, perform, put down, refer, restore). (various references)

Hebrew		ליחס ל- (accredit, ascribe, credit), לתלות ב-, ל�"אשים (accuse, blame, charge, take to task, tax), ל�'� ות (censure, condemn, damn, defame, denounce, disapprove, dispraise, put to shame, score, thumbs down). (various references)

Hungarian		betud. (various references)

Italian		attribuire (arrogate, ascribe, assign, attach, attribute, award, credit, grant, refer). (various references)

Korean		�"�우십시�". (various references)

Manx		gaggyrts (claiming), cur sheese da (ascription, refer), cur gys lieh (ascribe, ascription, attribute, attribution), aggyrt (claim, demand, expostulate). (various references)

Pig Latin		imputeay.(various references)

Portuguese		imputar (accredit, ascribe, attribute, put), imputação (accusation, apportionment, ascription, attribution). (various references)

Romanian		imputa (deduct from), atribui (accredit, allot, assign, attach, attribute, refer). (various references)

Russian		приписывать (allege, ascribe, credit, prefixed, refer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		imputirati, prikačiti (append, attach, hold up, hook, hook on, pin, pin up, stick), podmetati (plant, put under). (various references)

Spanish		imputar (ascribe, attach, attribute). (various references)

Swedish		tillvita (arrogate, fasten on), tillskriva (accredit, apply, ascribe, assign to, attribute, set down). (various references)

Turkish		itham etmek (accuse, charge, criminate, delate, impeach), yüklemek (ascribe, burden, charge, embark, encumber, fasten, fasten on, father, foist, freight, hand over, heap, impose, inflict, Lade, lay, lay on, lay smth. at one's door, load, offload, overlay, pin, pitch, plant, put, put down, saddle, shift, stack, store, weight), suçlamak (accuse, arraign, blame, bring an accusation against smb., censure, charge, charge smb. with smth., chastise, condemn, criminate, excoriate, impeach, incriminate, inculpate, indict, put in the dock, put the blame on smb., reproach, task, tax), atfetmek (accredit, arrogate, ascribe, attribute, direct, inscribe, refer, set down), üstüne yıkmak (lay smth. at one's door). (various references)

Ukranian		обвинувачувати (accuse, argue, arraign, article, bill, delate, denounce, fault, incriminate, inculpate, indict). (various references)

Welsh		cyfrif (account, ascribe, attribute, compute, reckon, reckoning). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adiudicabit, adiudicatus, adiudicavit, adsignavero, adsignavit, delego, inputabit, inputabitur, inputabuntur, inputatis, inputatur, inputetur, reputo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 4, Verse 8
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	MakarioV anhr w ou mh logishtai kurioV amartian
Latin	405	Vulgate	Beatus vir cui non inputabit Dominus peccatum
Old English	990	West Saxon	Sælig se wer ...... his onwendungaDryhten ne gerecceð ...... na recneð him na. c
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Blessid is that man, to whom God arettide not synne.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Blessed is that ma to whom the Lorde imputeth not synne.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Romans Chapter 4, Verse 8
Bulgarian	И той обрязването като знак и печат на правдата от вяра, която имаше, когато беше необрязан, за да бъде той отец на всички, които вярват, ако и необрязани, за да се вмени правдата на тях.
Cebuano	malipayon ang tawo nga sa Ginoo dili na pagaisipan sa iyang sala."
Chinese	主不算為有罪的、這人是有福的。』
Croatian	Blago èovjeku komu Gospodin ne ubraja krivnju.
Danish	salig den Mand, hvem Herren ikke vil tilregne Synd."
Dutch	Zalig is de man, welken de Heere de zonden niet toerekent.
Finnish	Autuas se mies, jolle Herra ei lue syntiä!"
French	Heureux l`homme � qui le Seigneur n`impute pas son péché!
German	Selig ist der Mann, welchem Gott die Sünde nicht zurechnet!"
Haitian Creole	Ala bon sa bon pou yon moun lè Bondye pa mande l' kont pou sa li fè ki mal!
Hungarian	Boldog ember az, a kinek az Úr bûnt nem tulajdonít.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Berbahagialah orang yang dosa-dosanya tidak dituntut oleh Tuhan!"
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	berbahagialah orang yang tiada akan dihisab dosanya oleh Tuhan.
Italian	beato l'uomo al quale il Signore non mette in conto il peccato!
Korean	주 께 서 그 죄 를 인 � � 치 아 니 하 실 사 람 은 복 이 있 도 다 함 과 같 으 니 라
Latvian	Svçtîgs tas vîrs, kuram Kungs grçku nepieskaita.
Maori	Ka hari te tangata e kore nei e whakairia e te Ariki he hara ki a ia.
Modern Greek	μακαριος ο ανθρωπος, εις τον οποιον ο Κυριος δεν θελει λογιζεσθαι αμαρτιαν.
Norwegian	salig er den mann som Herren ikke tilregner synd.
Portuguese	Bem-aventurado o homem a quem o Senhor não imputará o pecado.
Rumanian	Ferice de omul, cqruia nu -i yine Domnul kn seamq pqcatul!``
Russian	вМБЦЕО ЮЕМПЧЕЛ, ЛПФПТПНХ зПУ� П�"Ш ОЕ ЧНЕОЙФ ЗТЕИБ.
Shuar	Uunt Yus ni tunaarin Enentáimtachma asa ti warasminiaiti." Tu Tímiayi Tawit.
Spanish	Bienaventurado el hombre a quien el Señor jamás le tomará en cuenta su pecado.
Swahili	Heri mtu yule ambaye Bwana hataziweka dhambi zake katika kumbukumbu."
Swedish	Salig är den man som Herren icke tillräknar synd."
Thai	บุคคลที่องค์พระผู้เป็นเจ้ามิไ�"้ทรงถือโทษบาปของเขาก็เป็นสุข'
Ukrainian	Блаженна людина, якій �"осподь не пораху�" гріха!
Uma	Marasi' mpu'u-ra, apa' Pue' Ala uma-pi mpotuntu' jeko' -ra."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "impute": imputed, imputer, imputers, imputes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Impute" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ampute, empate, Gmpte, impat, impet, impit, impt, impude, impuge, impune, imput, imute, inpute, Ipoto. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "impute" (pronounced i'mpyuw"t)
5	-m p y uw" t	compute.
4	-p y uw" t	dispute, disrepute, repute.
3	-y uw" t	acute, Bute, Butte, commute, cute, mute, permute, refute, subacute.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: uptime.
	Words within the letters "e-i-m-p-t-u"
	-1 letter: tempi.
	-2 letters: emit, etui, item, mite, mute, temp, time, tump.
	-3 letters: emu, imp, met, mut, pet, pie, pit, piu, put, tie, tip, tui, tup, ump.
	-4 letters: em, et, it, me, mi, mu, pe, pi, ti, um, up, ut.
	Words containing the letters "e-i-m-p-t-u"
	+1 letter: impetus, imputed, imputer, imputes, pinetum, uptimes.
	+2 letters: apterium, bumpiest, dumpiest, humpiest, impudent, imputers, jumpiest, lumpiest, multiped, multiple, plumiest, pumicite, spumiest, stumpier, tumpline.
	+3 letters: amplitude, clumpiest, equipment, euphemist, frumpiest, glumpiest, grumpiest, impetuous, impetuses, importune, impostume, imposture, imprudent, imputable, multipage, multipeds, multiples, multiplet, multiplex, multipole, multistep, neptunium, penultima, permuting, plummiest, pneumatic, presummit, pterygium, pumicites, reptilium, rumpliest, septarium, stumpiest, trapezium, triumphed, tumplines.
	+4 letters: amplitudes, apothecium, assumptive, bethumping, crumpliest, epithelium, equipments, euphemists, importuned, importuner, importunes, imposthume, impostumes, impostures, impudently, impunities, impurities, imputative, manipulate, miscompute, mouthpiece, multipaned, multiphase, multipiece, multiplets, multiplied, multiplier, multiplies, multipower, multispeed, neptuniums, outpromise, parimutuel, penultimas, periosteum, peritoneum, plummeting, promethium, psalterium, pterygiums, punishment, resumption, spermatium, subprimate, suppertime, trapeziums, trumperies, trumpeting, unemphatic.
	+5 letters: antependium, circumspect, computerise, computerist, computerize, computernik, consumptive, epitheliums, euphemistic, hemipterous, impetuosity, impetuously, importunate, importunely, importuners, imposthumes, impoundment, imprudently, intercampus, manipulated, manipulates, miscomputed, miscomputes, mouthpieces, mucopeptide, mucoprotein, multiplayer, multiplexed, multiplexer, multiplexes, multiplexor, multipliers, outpromised, outpromises, penultimate, perithecium, peritoneums, permutation, planetarium, pneumonitis, prematurity, premunition, presumption, presumptive, promethiums, promptitude, punishments, recomputing, reequipment, resumptions, submultiple, suboptimize, subprimates, suppertimes, supremacist, suprematism, suprematist, trumpetlike, ultrasimple.
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