a. [ L. imputativus: cf. F. imputatif. ] Transferred by imputation; that may be imputed. --
Actual righteousness as well as imputative. Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
a. [ L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute. ] Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed;
Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. putativus, fr. putare, putatum, to reckon, suppose, adjust, prune, cleanse. See Pure, and cf. Amputate, Compute, Dispute, Impute. ] Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed;
Thus things indifferent, being esteemed useful or pious, became customary, and then came for reverence into a putative and usurped authority. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]