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单词 impute
释义 im·pute
\ə̇mˈpyüt, usu -üd.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English inputen, from Latin imputare, from in- in- (II) + putare to consider, think — more at pave
1.
 a. : to attribute accusingly : lay the responsibility or blame for sometimes falsely or unjustly
  < accused him of her own fault, in imputing to him the wreck of her project — George Meredith >
 b. : to credit or ascribe to a person or a cause
  < imputing to me better qualities than I possess >
  < our vices as well as our virtues have been imputed to bodily derangement — B.N.Cardozo >
  < imputing his visit to a wish of hearing that she was better — Jane Austen >
  often falsely, accusingly, or unjustly
  < soon began to believe in the opulence imputed to me — L.P.Smith >
  < imputing to him a guilt of which he was innocent — Edith Sitwell >
  < how dare you … impute such monstrous intentions to me — G.B.Shaw >
 c. : to make a legal imposition of (as a charge against someone)
 d. : to credit by transferal (a virtue or the benefit of a good work) to the account of someone other than the initiating agent
2. obsolete : reckon, consider, regard
3. : impart, give
 < with his hand he imputes life to clay — Samuel Alexander >
4. obsolete : to charge someone with a wrongdoing or crime
Synonyms: see ascribe
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