put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative +
(Latin: to think over, to consider, to reckon, to count; to trim, to prune, to lop, to cut, to clean)
From Latin, puto-, putare: literally; especially of trees, "to lop, to prune" and "to cleanse, to clear"; then (1) "to clear up, to settle"; especially, of accounts; (2) "to reckon, to estimate, to value"; (3) "to consider, to hold, to believe, to think".
—Cassell's New Latin Dictinary; Funk & wagnalls Company; New York; 1968.
imputable
The possibility of imputing or ascribing; attributable.
imputably
1. By imputation.
2. Capability of being imputed; chargeable; ascribable; attributable.
imputation
1. A statement attributing something dishonest; especially, a criminal offense.
2. A charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
impute
1. To attribute a usually undesirable action or event to someone.
2. To attribute a usually undesirable quality to a person, cause, or source.
3. To bring legal charges against someone because a person that he or she is responsible for has committed an offense.
4. To regard a quality; such as, righteousness that applies to someone as also applying to another person associated with him or her.
imputer
Someone who imputes.
indisputable
1. Not open to question; obviously true.
2. Impossible to doubt, to question, or to deny.
3. Beyond dispute or doubt; undeniable: "The police had indisputable evidence that he robbed the bank."
indisputably
A description of being beyond dispute or doubt; undeniable.
mainframe computer
A large, powerful, high-speed computer frequently used as the central computer at an institution or company, or government agency.
putative
1. Generally believed to be, or regarded, as being something: "He was considered to be the putative father of the child."
2. Believed to exist now or to have existed at some time.
reamputation
The second of two (or more) amputations performed on the same body part.
recount
1. An additional (usually a second) count; especially, of the votes in a close election.
2. To narrate, tell the story or detail, or to give a detailed account of something.
3. To enumerate something.
reputable
1. Having a good reputation; honorable.
2. Held in good repute; honorable; respectable; estimable.
reputableness
Being of good repute or being honorable and respectable.
reputably
Descriptive of having a good reputation; of good repute; estimable, honorable, respectable; regarding acts, employments, circumstances, etc.
reputation
1. The condition, quality, or fact, of being highly regarded or esteemed; credit, note, or distinction; also, respectability.
2. The general estimation, or regard, that the public has for a person.
3. The state of being held in high esteem and honor by others.
4. The generally accepted estimation of someone, or something, as having particular qualities or attributes.
5. A favorable and publicly recognized name or standing for merit, achievement, reliability, etc.
Related cutting-word units:
castrat-;
-cise, -cide;
-ectomy;
sec-, seg-;
temno-;
-tomy;
trunc-.
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