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impute
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verb
to attribute to something or someone; responsibility or guilt credited to something or someone, often wrongly
1830John Galt The Life of Lord ByronHe formed his plan of travelling upon different reasons from those which he afterward gave out, and which have been imputed to him. 1920Talbot MundyFor the Salt He Had EatenYou, a mere subaltern, a puppy just out of his 'teens, an insignificant jackanapes with two twelve-pounders in your charge, daring to impute disloyalty to Mahommed Khan!—your impudence!1999Alan Dean FosterInto the Thinking KingdomsYou impute to your fellow humans a greater dignity than they deserve.

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