Both Uses of
impute
in
Jane Eyre
- I had finished: Miss Temple regarded me a few minutes in silence; she then said — "I know something of Mr. Lloyd; I shall write to him; if his reply agrees with your statement, you shall be publicly cleared from every imputation; to me, Jane, you are clear now."†
Chpt 8
- Miss Temple, having assembled the whole school, announced that inquiry had been made into the charges alleged against Jane Eyre, and that she was most happy to be able to pronounce her completely cleared from every imputation.†
Chpt 8 *
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)