impute

Verb

Verb Forms: imputed, imputing, imputes

To attribute or credit to a person or cause; to assign blame.
attribute or credit to
- "People impute great cleverness to cats"
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
- "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"
To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
To take into account.
To attribute or credit to.
To replace missing data with substituted values.

Examples

He tried to impute his loss to bad luck, not his questionable word choices.
People impute great cleverness to cats.
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”).

Synonyms

ascribe, assign, attribute, charge, consider, imply, insinuate, reckon, regard

Scrabble Score: 10

impute: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
impute: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
impute: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

impute: valid Words With Friends Word