Imputable
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That may be imputed
"No one having previously heard his history, could for the first time behold Father Mapple without the utmost interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities about him, imputable to that adventurous maritime life he had led."
- 2 Accusable; culpable; chargeable with fault.
Adjective
- 1 capable of being assigned or credited to wordnet
Example
More examples"No one having previously heard his history, could for the first time behold Father Mapple without the utmost interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities about him, imputable to that adventurous maritime life he had led."
Etymology
From impute + -able.
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