attribute

1. v. t. 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). Source: opted

2. n. 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. Source: opted

3. n. Reputation. Source: opted

4. n. A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules. Source: opted

5. n. Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective. Source: opted

6. n. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished Source: wordnet

7. n. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity Source: wordnet

8. v. attribute or credit to Source: wordnet

9. v. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme Source: wordnet

10. 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. 1. 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. But mercy is above this sceptered away; . . . It is an attribute to God himself. Shak. 2. Reputation. [Poetic] Shak. 3. (Paint. & Sculp.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules. 4. (Gram.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective. Source: webster

11. To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to);to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consideras belonging (to).We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradictionin it. Abp. Tillotson.The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exactperformer. Shak. Source: adambom

12. n:34/v:66 n. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity Source: ecdict

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