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Word For The Day, February 4, 2004
The Verbivores | 2/4/04 | Teacher

Posted on 02/04/2004 5:18:47 AM PST by RikaStrom

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....


impute \im*pyute\ verb
imputes, imputing, imputed; intransitive verb
imputable; adjective
imputably; adverb
imputability, imputableness; noun

1. To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to: imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.
2. To assign as a characteristic; credit: the gracefulness so often imputed to cats
3. 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.
4. To adjudge as one's own (the sin or righteousness) of another; as, the righteousness of Christ is imputed to us.

Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise.
--Gray.

Etymology: [Middle English imputen, from Old French emputer, from Latin imput re : in-, in; see in-2 + put re, to settle an account; see pau-2 in Indo-European Roots.]


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To: secret garden; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
AND...

She's welcome.

241 posted on 02/04/2004 2:17:21 PM PST by Argh
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To: secret garden
or at the very least...

....banana together

242 posted on 02/04/2004 2:19:04 PM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Argh
:-) Nice rimshot.
243 posted on 02/04/2004 2:19:23 PM PST by secret garden (Go Predators! Go Spurs!)
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To: All
everyone stopped using the word impute
244 posted on 02/04/2004 2:19:28 PM PST by JusCurious
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To: secret garden
That's what all the girls tell me.
245 posted on 02/04/2004 2:20:57 PM PST by Argh
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To: JusCurious
Once we turn in the homework, we do other assignments. ;)
246 posted on 02/04/2004 2:21:05 PM PST by secret garden (Go Predators! Go Spurs!)
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To: secret garden
OH, rimSHOT.

Sorry...

247 posted on 02/04/2004 2:21:32 PM PST by Argh
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To: Argh
tmi
248 posted on 02/04/2004 2:21:39 PM PST by secret garden (Go Predators! Go Spurs!)
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To: Argh
:-) Nice rimshot.
249 posted on 02/04/2004 2:22:00 PM PST by Neets (Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.~)
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To: JusCurious
Teach says if we use the word too much it will break.

Now if only XS understood that about Hello Kitty, she wouldn't need to buy them in bulk....

250 posted on 02/04/2004 2:23:46 PM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: Neets
HAH! Miss Neets! See #'s 245 and 247.
251 posted on 02/04/2004 2:23:50 PM PST by Argh
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To: Argh
Hi toots....I knew what you were talking abooot...you silly, you.
252 posted on 02/04/2004 2:24:37 PM PST by Neets (Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.~)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa; xsmommy; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
With xs buying all the HK's and the Whyisa buying all the batteries, no wonder they're so miserable!
253 posted on 02/04/2004 2:25:32 PM PST by Argh
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To: Neets
:^)

Actually, for a reference to Silly, you want to see # 159 today.

254 posted on 02/04/2004 2:28:28 PM PST by Argh
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To: Argh
HA!! I remember those good Ole days.
255 posted on 02/04/2004 2:29:29 PM PST by Neets (Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.~)
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To: Neets
But I don't do Ash Alerts. :^)
256 posted on 02/04/2004 2:31:33 PM PST by Argh
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To: secret garden
We're your friends-We just tease you about Mr. Spanky because we know it makes you laugh, too.
257 posted on 02/04/2004 2:32:14 PM PST by Texan5 (You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line..)
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To: Argh
And I'd never tell Jim Robinson to "Kiss my Ass".
258 posted on 02/04/2004 2:32:52 PM PST by Neets (Complainers change their complaints, but they never reduce the amount of time spent in complaining.~)
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To: Neets; xsmommy; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; secret garden; Hegewisch Dupa; All
I certainly hope not! Have you seen this cartoon at # 7?
259 posted on 02/04/2004 2:35:24 PM PST by Argh
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To: Texan5
You mean after the shriek when he pops up onscreen?
260 posted on 02/04/2004 2:35:27 PM PST by secret garden (Go Predators! Go Spurs!)
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