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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Attributive \At*trib"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. attributif.] Attributing; pertaining to expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Attributive \At*trib"u*tive\, n., (Gram.) A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun an adjective or adjective phrase. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: attributive adj : (grammar) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'" [syn: {prenominal}] [ant: {predicative}]
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