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yut; verb (used with object)
1.
to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to ): She attributed his bad temper to ill health.
2.
to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated: He attributed intelligence to his colleagues.
3.
to consider as made by the one indicated, especially with strong evidence but in the absence of conclusive proof: to attribute a painting to an artist.
4.
to regard as produced by or originating in the time, period, place, etc., indicated; credit; assign: to attribute a work to a particular period; to attribute a discovery to a particular country.
noun
5.
something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.; a quality, character, characteristic, or property: Sensitivity is one of his attributes.
6.
something used as a symbol of a particular person, office, or status: A scepter is one of the attributes of a king.
7.
8.
Fine Arts. an object associated with or symbolic of a character, office, or quality, as the keys of St. Peter or the lion skin of Hercules.
9.
Philosophy. (in the philosophy of Spinoza) any of the essential qualifications of God, thought and extension being the only ones known. Compare mode1 ( def 4b ).
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin attribūtus allotted, assigned, imputed to (past participle of attribuere), equivalent to at- at- + tribū- (stem of tribuere to assign (to tribes), classify, ascribe; see tribe) + -tus past participle suffix
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin attribūtus allotted, assigned, imputed to (past participle of attribuere), equivalent to at- at- + tribū- (stem of tribuere to assign (to tribes), classify, ascribe; see tribe) + -tus past participle suffix
Related forms
at·trib·ut·a·ble, adjective
at·trib·ut·er, at·trib·u·tor, noun
mis·at·trib·ute, verb, mis·at·trib·ut·ed, mis·at·trib·ut·ing.
non·at·trib·ut·a·ble, adjective
re·at·trib·ute, verb (used with object), re·at·trib·ut·ed, re·at·trib·ut·ing.
un·at·trib·ut·a·ble, adjective
un·at·trib·ut·a·bly, adverb
un·at·trib·ut·ed, adjective
well-at·trib·ut·ed, adjective
Synonyms
1. Attribute, ascribe, impute imply definite origin. Attribute and ascribe are often used interchangeably, to imply that something originates with a definite person or from a definite cause. Ascribe however, has neutral implications; whereas, possibly because of an association with tribute, attribute is coming to have a complimentary connotation: to ascribe an accident to carelessness; to attribute one's success to a friend's encouragement. Impute has gained uncomplimentary connotations, and usually means to accuse or blame someone or something as a cause or origin: to impute an error to him. 5. See quality.
1. Attribute, ascribe, impute imply definite origin. Attribute and ascribe are often used interchangeably, to imply that something originates with a definite person or from a definite cause. Ascribe however, has neutral implications; whereas, possibly because of an association with tribute, attribute is coming to have a complimentary connotation: to ascribe an accident to carelessness; to attribute one's success to a friend's encouragement. Impute has gained uncomplimentary connotations, and usually means to accuse or blame someone or something as a cause or origin: to impute an error to him. 5. See quality.
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| attribute | |
| —vb (usually foll by to) | |
| 1. | to regard as belonging (to), produced (by), or resulting (from); ascribe (to): to attribute a painting to Picasso |
| —n | |
| 2. | a property, quality, or feature belonging to or representative of a person or thing |
| 3. | an object accepted as belonging to a particular office or position |
| 4. | grammar |
| a. an adjective or adjectival phrase | |
| b. an attributive adjective | |
| 5. | logic the property, quality, or feature that is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition |
| [C15: from Latin attribuere to associate with, from tribuere to give] | |
| at'tributable | |
| —adj | |
| at'tributer | |
| —n | |
| at'tributor | |
| —n | |
| attribution | |
| —n | |
| attribute | |
| —vb (usually foll by to) | |
| 1. | to regard as belonging (to), produced (by), or resulting (from); ascribe (to): to attribute a painting to Picasso |
| —n | |
| 2. | a property, quality, or feature belonging to or representative of a person or thing |
| 3. | an object accepted as belonging to a particular office or position |
| 4. | grammar |
| a. an adjective or adjectival phrase | |
| b. an attributive adjective | |
| 5. | logic the property, quality, or feature that is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition |
| [C15: from Latin attribuere to associate with, from tribuere to give] | |
| at'tributable | |
| —adj | |
| at'tributer | |
| —n | |
| at'tributor | |
| —n | |
| attribution | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
attribute
late 14c., "assign, bestow," from L. attributus, pp. of attribuere "assign to, add, bestow," from ad- "to" + tribuere "assign, give, bestow." Pp. adj. attributed is recorded from 1808.
attribute
"quality ascribed to someone," c.1400, from L. attributum "anything attributed," neut. of attributus (see attribute (v.))
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