Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

impute

 

to attribute; ascribe (usually faults, weaknesses, etc.)

 

The chief of the failed mission imputed the disaster to the inattentiveness of a single mechanic.

 

Related English words: imputable, imputation (an imputing or being imputed), imputative (imputed; that imputes), imputativeness, imputer

 

Latin root words: imputo, imputare, imputavi, imputatus - to attribute, ascribe; puto, putare, putavi, putatus - to think 

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