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ATTRIBUTE

\ˈatɹɪbjˌuːt], \ˈatɹɪbjˌuːt], \ˈa_t_ɹ_ɪ_b_j_ˌuː_t]\

Definitions of ATTRIBUTE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

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).
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
Reputation.
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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).
That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.
Reputation.
A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Reputation.
ATTRIBUTABLE.
To ascribe (something) as due and belonging; assign; refer; with to.
That which is attributed; a characteristic.
A distinctive mark or symbol.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To ascribe; impute; assign.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To ascribe: assign, or consider as belonging.
ATTRIBUTABLE.
That which is attributed: that which is inherent in: that which can be predicated of anything: a quality or property.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Inherent quality or property.
To ascribe; impute.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

That which is attributed as a property or a characteristic; an adjective; a symbol of office or character, added to the principal figure, as the trident of Neptune, the club of Hercules.
To ascribe, impute, or assign, as belonging or due.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

To give as due; to ascribe to.
A quality considered as belonging to, or inherent in, any person or thing.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. An inherent quality; characteristic disposition; essential or necessary property; â€“a symbol.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The thing attributed to another; quality adherent; a thing belonging to another, an appendant; reputation, honour.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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