IMPUTE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • attribute or credit to
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
    • People impute great cleverness to cats
    Hypernyms(s) impute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
    Usage Example(s)
    • The teacher imputed the student’’s failure to his nervousness
    Hypernyms(s) impute is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)