All 5 Uses of
impute
in
Mansfield Park
- The inattention of the two brothers and the aunt to Julia's discomposure, and their blindness to its true cause, must be imputed to the fullness of their own minds.
Chpt 17 (definition 1)imputed = attributed (thought to be caused due to)
- It was imputed to very reasonable weariness, and she was thanked and pitied; but she deserved their pity more than she hoped they would ever surmise.
Chpt 18 (definition 1) *
- Something arose from difference of disposition and habit: one so easily satisfied, the other so unused to endure; but still more might be imputed to difference of circumstances.
Chpt 29 (definition 1)
- I could not bear to be, imputing more than might be intended.
Chpt 32 (definition 2) *imputing = attributing something as a characteristic of someoneeditor's notes: Fanny does not want to treat Henry Crawford's declaration of love seriously since she believes he is just playing with her affections as he did with her cousins.
- It could only be imputed to increasing attachment.
Chpt 37 (definition 1)imputed = attributed (thought to be caused due to)
Definitions:
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(1) (impute as in: imputed the outburst to stress) attribute (to say one thing is the cause of another--often to blame and often wrongly)
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(2) (impute as in: impatience often imputed to youth) to say something is a characteristic of someone or something