It is perhaps interesting to note in this connection that Fermat's Principle was found objectionable by a contemporary optics expert because it seemed to impute knowledge to the working of Nature.
Source: tatoeba (2135185)
Impute
//ɪmˈpjuːt//
Synonyms for "impute" (76 found)
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Related words (38)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- отдавам verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- отчитам verb (to take account of; regard)
- приписвам verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- приписвам verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
Czech
4 entries- připisovat verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- přisuzovat verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- přisuzovat verb (to attribute or credit to)
- přičítat verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
French
2 entries- imputer verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- imputer verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
German
4 entries- anrechnen verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
- betrachten verb (to take account of; regard)
- einberechnen verb (to take account of; regard)
- einbeziehen verb (to take account of; regard)
Italian
3 entries- imputare verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- imputare verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
- imputare verb (to attribute or credit to)
Japanese
2 entries- 転嫁する verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
- 転嫁する verb (to attribute or credit to)
Korean
3 entries- 돌리다 verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- 돌리다 verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
- 돌리다 verb (to attribute or credit to)
Māori
2 entries- whakairi verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- whakatuaki verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
Polish
4 entries- imputować verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- przypisać verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- przypisać verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
- przypisać verb (to attribute or credit to)
Portuguese
3 entries- imputar verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- imputar verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
- imputar verb (to attribute or credit to)
Romanian
3 entries- imputa verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- imputa verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
- imputa verb (to attribute or credit to)
Russian
3 entries- вменять verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- припи́сывать verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
- припи́сывать verb (to attribute or credit to)
Spanish
1 entries- imputar verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
Swedish
2 entries- tillskriva verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
- tillskriva verb (to ascribe sin or righteousness)
Ukrainian
1 entries- приписувати verb (to attribute to a cause or source)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Some call him a thief; others impute unto him a kind of sub-cannibalism, inasmuch as he bringeth unto his fleshpots that sagacious canine creature known for ages as the friend and companion of man.
Source: tatoeba (11973063)
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.
Source: wiktionary
Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, / If mem’ry o’er their tomb no trophies raise, / Where thro’ the long-drawn isle and fretted vault, / The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Source: wiktionary
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