impute
verb (used with object)
to attribute or ascribe.
imputes
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present tense formof impute (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“Leave of absence still imputes the financial interests of the firm to him.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2020
The bureau imputes the characteristics of a small number of households in every census.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2020
He imputes ill motives to those who disagree with him.
From Washington Post ● May 9, 2018
Finally, this worldview imputes motives to the media that just aren’t there.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2016
I won't go into the particulars of my sympathy—or at least into the particulars of what it imputes to you: but I have a general sweet confidence, a kind of wealth of divination.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
