impute

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

im·pute (ĭm-pyo͞otʹ)tr.v. im·put·ed, im·put·ing, im·putes
1. To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to:
imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.
2. To assign as a characteristic; credit:
the gracefulness so often imputed to cats.
See Synonyms at attribute. [Middle English imputen, from Old French emputer, from Latin imputāre: in-, in; see in-² + putāre, to settle an account; See pau-² in Indo-European Roots.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  ascribe, assign, attribute