Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IM-PUT'A-BLE, a. [See Impute.]

1. That may be imputed or charged to a person; chargeable. Thus we say, crimes, sins, errors, trespasses are imputable to those who commit them.
2. That may be ascribed to; in a good sense. This favor is imputable to your goodness, or to a good motive.
3. Accusable; chargeable with a fault. [Not proper.] Ayliffe.
4. That may be set to the account of another. It has been a question much agitated, whether Adam's sin is imputable to his posterity.