impute

Definition of impute

Verbs

attribute or credit to
"People impute great cleverness to cats"
Synonyms:
ascribe, assign, attribute
Types:
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impute
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
carnalize, sensualize
ascribe to an origin in sensation
credit
give someone credit for something
reattribute
attribute to another source
anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize
ascribe human features to something
personate, personify
attribute human qualities to something
accredit, credit
ascribe an achievement to
blame, charge
attribute responsibility to
externalise, externalize, project
regard as objective
interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize
incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal
Type of:
evaluate, judge, pass judgment
form a critical opinion of
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
"The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"
Synonyms:
ascribe, assign, attribute
attribute or credit to

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