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impute

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpjuːt/

The English word “impute” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
To take into account.
To attribute, ascribe, blame, or credit to.
To replace missing data with substituted values.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French imputer, from Latin imputō (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”).

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