impute
verb (used with object)
to attribute or ascribe.
had been imputing
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past perfect progressiveof impute.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He knew now that he had been imputing to his own attractiveness her invariable drawing near while he transacted his business with the letter-bag.
From The Messenger by Elizabeth Robins
