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impute

/ɪmˈpjuːt/
verb
  1. To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.

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

    Similar: attribute, charge, imply, insinuate

  2. To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.

  3. To take into account.

    Similar: consider, reckon, regard

Synonymsascribe, assign, attribute, attribute, charge, imply

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