Imputable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Imputable \Im*put"a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. imputable.]
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     1. That may be imputed; capable of being imputed; chargeable;
        ascribable; attributable; referable.
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              A prince whose political vices, at least, were
              imputable to mental incapacity.       --Prescott.
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     2. Accusable; culpable. [R.]
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              The fault lies at his door, and she is no wise
              imputable.                            --Ayliffe.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  imputable
       adj : (usually followed by `to') able to be assigned or credited
             to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless
             proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due
             to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him";
             "decide to which of these motives such extraordinary
             scenes are referable"- Charles Dickens [syn: {ascribable(p)},
              {due to(p)}, {imputable(p)}, {referable(p)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "imputable":
     accountable, accusable, alleged, arraignable, ascribable,
     assignable, attributable, attributed, blamable, blameworthy,
     censurable, chargeable, charged, credited, culpable,
     derivable from, derivational, derivative, due, explicable,
     impeachable, imputed, indictable, open to criticism, owing,
     putative, referable, referred to, reprehensible, reproachable,
     reprovable, to blame, traceable