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attribute
verb /əˈtrɪbjuːt/ (attribute something to) regard something as belonging to or being caused by. noun /ˈatrɪbjuːt/ 
  • 1 a quality or feature regarded as characteristic or inherent.
  • 2 a material object recognized as representative of a person, status, or office.
– derivatives
attributable /əˈtrɪbjʊtəb(ə)l/ adjective,
attribution noun.
– origin C15 (earlier (ME) as attribution): the noun from OFr. attribut; the verb from L. attribut- ‘allotted’: both from attribuere, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’.



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