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impute sth to sb

(BELIEVE) formal phrasal verb with impute
 
/ɪmˈpjuːt/
 
verb

Definition

to believe that someone or something has a particular characteristic, quality, or meaning: He arrogantly imputed stupidity to anyone who disagreed with him.Imagining and conceiving
(Definition of impute sth to sb (BELIEVE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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