All 4 Uses of
impute
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "What are you thinking of?" asked the abbe smilingly, imputing the deep abstraction in which his visitor was plunged to the excess of his awe and wonder.†
Chpt 17-18
- Let us bury this terrible secret in the deepest recesses of our hearts; I am willing, if any one should suspect this, that my silence on the subject should be imputed to my ignorance.†
Chpt 73-74
- A greenish pallor spread over the count's cheeks, and his eyes became bloodshot at these terrible imputations, which were listened to by the assembly with ominous silence.†
Chpt 85-86
- I may acknowledge this to a daughter whom I know to be philosophical enough to understand my indifference, and not to impute it to me as a crime.†
Chpt 95-96 *
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)