What is the meaning of impute?

verb

  • Attribute or credit to.
    • usage: "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
  • Attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.
    • usage: "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"
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