Imputing

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

  Impute \Im*pute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Imputed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Imputing}.] [F. imputer, L. imputare to bring into the
     reckoning, charge, impute; pref. im- in + putare to reckon,
     think. See {Putative}.]
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     1. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account


        of; to charge to one as the author, responsible
        originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.
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              Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault,
              If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise. --Gray.
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              One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him --
              envy.                                 --Macaulay.
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     2. (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or
        righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ
        is imputed to us.
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              It was imputed to him for righteousness. --Rom. iv.
                                                    22.
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              They merit
              Imputed shall absolve them who renounce
              Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.]
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              If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of
              his death.                            --Gibbon.
  
     Syn: To ascribe; attribute; charge; reckon; consider; imply;
          insinuate; refer. See {Ascribe}.
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