imputable
English
Adjective
imputable
- That may be imputed
- Synonyms: chargeable, ascribable, attributable, referable
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- No one having previously heard his history, could for the first time behold Father Mapple without the utmost interest, because there were certain engrafted clerical peculiarities about him, imputable to that adventurous maritime life he had led.
- (law) Accusable; culpable; chargeable with fault.
Related terms
Translations
culpable
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References
- “imputable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “imputable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “imputable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impuˈtable/ [ĩm.puˈt̪a.β̞le]
- Rhymes: -able
- Syllabification: im‧pu‧ta‧ble
Derived terms
Further reading
- “imputable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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