Attribute

Definition of Attribute

At`trib´ute Pronunciation: ăt´trĭ`būt

v. t.	1.	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). [imp. & p. p. Attributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Attributing.] 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.
n.	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.
	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.

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