The Only Use of
impute
in
Romeo and Juliet
- And not impute this yielding to light love,
p. 74.7impute = attribute (think this is caused by)
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
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(3)
(impute as in: imputed the interest expense) to calculate and assign a value for something -- typically where the value is inferred based on other information