We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare. People impute great cleverness to cats.
source: WordNet 3.0
attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness.
source: WordNet 3.0
To charge; to ascribe; to attribute; to set to the account of; to charge to one as the author, responsible originator, or possessor; -- generally in a bad sense.
