impute

impute is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
3. transitive verb. To take account of; to consider; to regard.
4. verb. attribute or credit to

   "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"

   "People impute great cleverness to cats"

   Synonyms: ascribe, assign, attribute

5. verb. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source

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

Synonyms

ascribe, assign, attribute

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in impute:

uptime

Common word forms

imputed, imputer, imputes, imputing

Words from these letters

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