IMPUTE

impute (im-pyoot), vb. To ascribe or attribute; to regard (usu. something undesirable) as being done, caused, or possessed by (the court imputed malice to the defamatory statement). — imputation, n. — imputable, adj. “The word ‘impute’ comes from im (in) and putare (reckon). It means to bring into the reckoning, to attribute or to ascribe. […]