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   im·pute

   /imˈpyo͞ot/

   verb

   • 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 Origin late Middle English: from Old French imputer, from Latin imputare ‘enter in the account’, from in- ‘in, towards’ + putare ‘reckon’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. imputable adjective
   • 2. imputative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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