impute

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff…のBreath Before You Speakの章を読んでいます。
We often complete other people's sentences, or say things like, "Yeah, yeah," or "I know" very rapidly, using them to hurry up so that we can have our turn. It seems that talking to one another is sometimes more like sparring back and forth like fighters or Ping-Pong balls than it is enjoying or learning from the conversation.
This harried form of communication encourages us to criticize points of view, overreact, mininterpret meaning, impute false motives, and form opinions, all before our fellow communicator is even finished speaking.
"impute" の意味が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Theology Ascribe (righteousness, guilt, etc.) to someone by virtue of a similar quality in another: Christ’s righteousness has been imputed to us
・Wiktionary: To attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source. The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.
・Vocabulary.com: The verb impute can be used to blame someone for doing something bad, give credit for good work, or just tell it like it is, like when you impute your lateness to my not telling you where to meet me.
When you impute something, you name the cause of something that has happened. For example, you might impute your ability to sing well to the thousands of dollars your parents spent in voice lessons. In other words, you name the source. You can also impute a person, like imputing to a teacher your love of learning -- he or she helped you become more interested in school and your classes.
良い事ならいざ知らず、悪い事を人に転嫁してはいけませんね。