See Also: attribute(1)(dictionary)
attribute(2)(dictionary)
attribute(3)(dictionary)
Attribute bias(money)
Salient Attribute(money)
Attribute bias(finance)
Attribute groups(finance)
attribute 1, verb(dictionary)
attribute 2, noun(dictionary)

attribute(3) (iou)



attribute verb trans. L15.
[Latin attribut- pa. ppl stem of attribuere, from ad AT- + tribuere allot: cf. TRIBUTE noun.]
Assign, give, or concede to a person as a right. L15-L18.
Ld Berners These two townes were attributed to Flaunders by reason of gage. Bacon What celsitude of honour Plinius Secundus attributeth to Trajan in his funeral oration.
Ascribe as belonging or appropriate to. M16.
attribute much to attach great importance or value to.
Milton God attributes to place No sanctity, if none be thither brought By men. W. S. Churchill Opposition speakers were pleased to attribute to him an aim he did not possess.
Ascribe to as an inherent quality or characteristic. M16.
E. Bishop Their gods, to which, in their present historical state of superstition and helplessness, they attribute magical powers.
Ascribe to as an effect or consequence. M16.
R. L. Stevenson It was the character of the man to attribute nothing to luck and but little to kindness. R. Lynd Some writers have attributed the tendency to laugh at mispronunciations to snobbery. G. Vidal I attributed my condition to the altitude.
Ascribe to an author, painter, etc., as his or her work. M16.
P. Gallico He repeated the words John had attributed to Jesus. M. Girouard Two more houses in Cambridge..can be attributed to him with reasonable confidence.
Assign in one's opinion to its proper time and place. M16.
F. H. A. Scrivener Several copies which may fairly be attributed to the fourth century.
attributable adjective able to be attributed to, owing to M17.