Both Uses of
impute
in
Washington Square
- She did not resent the imputation of weakness; it made no impression on her, for she had not the sense of weakness, and she was not hurt at not being appreciated.†
Chpt 18
- He seemed to think—he seemed to think— " Morris flushed, as any young man of spirit might have flushed at an imputation of baseness.†
Chpt 20 *
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)