Attribute \At*trib"ute\ ([a^]t"tr[i^]*b[=u]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Attributing.]

[L. attributus, p. p. of attribuere; ad + tribuere to bestow. See Tribute.]

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).

We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it. --Abp. Tillotson.

The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer. --Shak.

Syn: See Ascribe.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)