Both Uses of
impute
in
Hard Times
- Not,' said Mrs. Sparsit, with a lofty sense of giving strict evidence, 'that I would convey any imputation on his moral character.†
Chpt 2.8
- 'You're a pretty article,' growled the whelp, moving uneasily in his dark corner, 'to come here with these precious imputations!†
Chpt 3.4 *
Definition:
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(impute as in: imputed the outburst to stress) attribute (to say one thing is the cause of another--often to blame and often wrongly)