different between ascertain vs impute

English

Etymology

From Middle English acerteynen, from Old French acertener, from a- (“to, towards”) + certener (“make sure of”), from the adjective certain, from Latin certus (“certain, fixed”). Compare to Spanish acertar.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æs??te?n/
• (US) enPR: ?s'-?r-t?n?, IPA^(key): /?æs??te?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: as?cer?tain

Verb

ascertain (third-person singular simple present ascertains, present participle ascertaining, simple past and past participle ascertained)

1. To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

   Synonyms: determine, discover, establish, find out, learn, work out
2. (obsolete) To make (someone) certain or confident about something; to inform.
3. (archaic) To establish, to prove.
4. (archaic) To ensure or effect.

Derived terms

• ascertainable
• ascertainedly
• ascertainment

Translations

Anagrams

• Cartesian, arsacetin, cartesian, craniates, intracase, sectarian

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French imputer, from Latin imput? (“to bring into the reckoning, charge, impute”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?pju?t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Verb

impute (third-person singular simple present imputes, present participle imputing, simple past and past participle imputed)

1. (transitive) To attribute or ascribe (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source.

   Synonyms: attribute, insinuate, charge, imply
2. (transitive, theology) To ascribe (sin or righteousness) to someone by substitution.
3. (transitive) To take into account.

   Synonyms: consider, regard, reckon
4. (transitive) To attribute or credit to.

   Synonyms: attribute, ascribe, assign
5. (transitive, statistics) To replace missing data with substituted values.

Related terms

Translations

References

• impute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• impute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• uptime

French

Verb

impute

1. first-person singular present indicative of imputer
2. third-person singular present indicative of imputer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of imputer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of imputer
5. second-person singular imperative of imputer

Portuguese

Verb

impute

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of imputar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of imputar
3. first-person singular imperative of imputar
4. third-person singular imperative of imputar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [im?pute]

Verb

impute

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of imputa
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of imputa

Spanish

Verb

impute

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of imputar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of imputar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of imputar.