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English Dictionary: attributive by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
attributive
adj
  1. of adjectives; placed before the nouns they modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red apple'"
    Synonym(s): attributive, prenominal
    Antonym(s): predicative
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.
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