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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}.
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