impute
impute is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. It was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom. iv.
- 2.They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds. Milton.
- 3.To take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.] If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. Gibbon. See Ascribe.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us. It was imputed to him for righteousness. Rom. iv called?
- What is they merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both righteous and unrighteous deeds. Milton called?
- What is to take account of; to consider; to regard. [R.] If we impute this last humiliation as the cause of his death. Gibbon. See Ascribe called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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