impute
verb (used with object)
to attribute or ascribe.
had imputed
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past perfectof impute.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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On the ground, unmoving, it no longer had that kind of wild dignity and power that he had imputed to it only a few minutes before.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 11, 2019
Ebright seemed eager to seize the opportunity to exact revenge for the wrongs he had imputed to Pocock.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
"He does seem depressed," said Cleggett, "but I had imputed it largely to the nature of his present occupation."
From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis
This rivalry between us was a serious matter—so serious, indeed, that I immediately took advantage of what he had imputed and raced back to the spring.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London
Helga blushed and said nothing, and Pastor Lindal determined to tell Hardy what Kirstin had imputed to him.
From A Danish Parsonage by John Fulford Vicary
