imputative, a.
(ɪmˈpjuːtətɪv)
[ad. late L. imputātīv-us (c 200 Tertullian), f. ppl. stem of imputāre to impute: see -ive.]
1. Characterized by being imputed; existing or arising by imputation: esp. in reference to the theological doctrine of imputed righteousness.
| 1579 Fulke Refut. Rastel 794 All the iustice and holinesse of good men is but an imputatiue iustice. 1600 E. Blount Hospit. Incur. Fooles A ij, Poets still..traduce your Ladyshyp with the imputative slanders of Niggardise and instability. 1691 Shadwell Scourers ii, A man would think we need no imputative wickedness. 1713 Nelson Life Bp. Bull 223 The imputative Righteousness of Christ. 1882–3 Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. II. 1608 He fought for supralapsarian predestination, imputative justification, etc. |
2. Given to making imputations.
| 1824 Examiner 756/1 Never being smart, ironical, or what we will venture to call imputative. |
Hence imˈputatively adv., in an imputative manner; by imputation. imˈputativeness, imputative character or quality.
| c 1621 S. Ward Life of Faith (1627) 61 A Iust man, not onely imputatiuely, but inherently in part. a 1708 Beveridge Priv. Thoughts vii. (1816) 65 The righteousness of God, radically his but imputatively ours. 1837 G. S. Faber Prim. Doctr. Justif. iv. 161 note, Of the Church of old..it is said, on the same principle of imputativeness [etc.]. 1879 tr. Meyer's Ep. Corinth. II. v. 296 The γίνεσθαι δικαιοσύνην θεοῦ took place for men imputatively. |