impute
1. [ verb ] attribute or credit to
Synonyms: attribute assign ascribe
Examples:

"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare" "People impute great cleverness to cats"

Related terms: judge blame credit accredit internalize project reattribute sensualize personify anthropomorphize attribution
2. [ verb ] attribute to a source or cause
Synonyms: regard_as think_of attribute look_upon assign ascribe take_to_be repute look_on esteem
Examples:

"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"

Related terms: think judge blame credit accredit internalize project reattribute sensualize personify anthropomorphize repute reputation
3. [ verb ] attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
Examples:

"The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

Related terms: ascribe ascribe
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