Definition of "imputes" [imputes]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impute. (verb)

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• "He now thinks of us as righteous because He imputes, that is He gives to us the righteousness of Christ which has been won on the cross."
• "The ancient rabbinic text, the Mishnah, states: "A single man was created in the world, to teach that if any man has caused a single soul to perish, scripture imputes it to him as if he had caused a whole world to perish, and if any man saves alive a single soul, scripture imputes it to him as if he had saved alive a whole world...""
• "Thus an assertion which does not suggest discreditable conduct by the plaintiff may still be defamatory if it imputes to him or her a condition calculated to diminish the respect and confidence in which the plaintiff is held."