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imputed, ppl. a.|ɪmˈpjuːtɪd|
[f. impute v. + -ed1.]
1. Charged (as a fault); attributed or ascribed.
1552Huloet, Imputed, obiectus. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 20 He shortly shall againe be tryde, And fairely quit him of th' imputed blame. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. ix. §22 To distinguish the primary, and real Qualities of Bodies, which are always in them..from those secondary and imputed Qualities, which are but the Powers of several Combinations of those primary ones. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 299 Their imputed names were titles. 1891Church Oxford Movem. x. 169 The party soon had the faults of a party, real and imputed.
2. Ascribed by vicarious substitution.
1620Granger Div. Logike 60 Imputed justice by which we are justified before God, is inherent in Christ. 1729Swift Libel on Delany, Steel, who own'd what others writ, And flourish'd by imputed wit. 1849Robertson Serm. i. ix. 141 By imputed guilt is meant, in theological language, that a person is treated as if he were guilty. 1871Macduff Mem. Patmos xiii. 173 The pure white garment of Christ's imputed righteousness.
3. Econ. Estimated, valued in relation to something else. Spec. imputed price, imputed value (see quots.).
1909Webster, Imputed value, Econ., the value that a thing has merely for its utility in the production of something else;—called also derived value. 1929Encycl. Brit. XXII. 960/2 Imputed price..is an estimate of the amount of money for which a given article or a given quantum of goods could be sold or bought. 1973Daily Tel. 27 Mar. 23 (Advt.), With imputed tax credits this is equivalent to a franked payment of 6·5625 p per share.
Hence imˈputedly adv., by imputation.
1646P. Bulkeley Gospel Covt. ii. 173 When he hath made us imputedly righteous, he will have us inherently righteous also. |