imputes

VERB

attribute

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ascribe

STRONG

accredit accuse adduce assign blame brand censure charge credit hint indict insinuate intimate lay refer reference stigmatize

WEAK

hang something on pin on

Antonyms

STRONG

absolve exculpate exonerate praise

WEAK

defend guard help protect

Example Sentences

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“Leave of absence still imputes the financial interests of the firm to him.”

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2020

The bureau imputes the characteristics of a small number of households in every census.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2020

He imputes ill motives to those who disagree with him.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2018

Finally, this worldview imputes motives to the media that just aren’t there.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2016

It imputes to him a number of wicked actions, in which he had really no share, and which he frequently indeed had endeavoured to prevent.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron