1. represent (something, especially something undesirable) as being done, caused, or possessed by someone; attribute: "the crimes imputed to Richard"
▪ assign (a value) to something by inference from the value of the products or processes to which it contributes: "by imputing the interest rates they potentially introduce a measurement error"
▪ ascribe (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to someone by virtue of a similar quality in another:"Christ's righteousness has been imputed to us"
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French imputer, from Latin imputare ‘enter in the account’, from in- ‘in, towards’ + putare ‘reckon’.
