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English Dictionary: Attribute by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attribute
n
  1. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
    Synonym(s): property, attribute, dimension
  2. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
v
  1. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
    Synonym(s): impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
  2. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme; "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
    Synonym(s): assign, attribute
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attribute \At"tri*bute\, n. [L. attributum.]
      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. [Poetic]                                    --Shak.
  
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Attribute \At*trib"ute\ ([acr]t"tr[icr]*b[umac]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}.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   attribute
  
      A named value or relationship that exists for some or
      all {instances} of some {entity} and is directly associated
      with that instance.
  
      Examples include the {href} attribute of an {HTML} {anchor}
      element, the columns of a database table considered as
      attributes of each row, and the {members} ({properties} and
      {methods} of an {object} in {OOP}.   This contrasts with the
      contents of some kind of container (e.g. an array), which are
      typically not named.   The contents of an {associative array},
      though they might be considered to be named by their key
      values, are not normally thought of as attributes.
  
      (2001-02-04)
  
  
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