impute

transitive verb

To relate (something, usually something bad) to a particular cause or source; place the fault or responsibility for: synonym: attribute.

transitive verb

To assign as a characteristic; credit.

To charge; attribute; ascribe; reckon as pertaining or attributable.

To reckon as chargeable or accusable; charge; tax; accuse.

To attribute vicariously; ascribe as derived from another: used especially in theology. See doctrine of imputation, under imputation.

To take account of; reckon; regard; consider.

Synonyms Attribute, Ascribe, Refer, etc. See attribute.

transitive verb

To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; — generally in a bad sense.

transitive verb

To adjudge as one’s own (the sin or righteousness) of another.

transitive verb

To take account of; to consider; to regard.