Im*put"a*tive (?), a. [L. imputativus: cf. F. imputatif.] Transferred
by imputation; that may be imputed. -- Im*put"a*tive*ly, adv.
Actual righteousness as well as imputative.
Bp. Warburton.
Im*pute" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imputed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imputing.]
[F. imputer, L. imputare to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute;
pref. im- in + putare to reckon, think. See Putative.]
1. To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to
charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; --
generally in a bad sense.
Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their
tomb no trophies raise.
Gray.
One vice of a darker shade was imputed to him - - envy.
Macaulay.
2. (Theol.) To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of
another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.
It was imputed to him for righteousness.
Rom. iv. 22.
They merit Imputed shall absolve them who renounce Their own, both
righteous and unrighteous deeds.
Milton.