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attribution|ætrɪˈbjuːʃən|
[a. F. attribution, 14th c. ad. L. attribūtiōn-em, n. of action f. attribuĕre to attribute.]
The action of attributing; the result in which this action is embodied.
I. The (external) action of bestowing.
1. The action of bestowing or assigning (in fact); bestowal. arch. or Obs.
1467J. Tiptoft, Earl. Worc. in MS. Harl. 69 No. 17 Reserving always to the Queenes Highnes and the Ladyes there present, the Attribution and Gifte of the Prize. 1650T. Goodwin Wks. (1862) IV. 446 The communication and attribution of the same rights, privileges, attributes. 1829Landor Imag. Conv. (1846) I. 249 Although the Graces in none of their attributions are benignant to him.
2. Ascription in word or statement.
1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 39 By a gratefull Attribution, or Ascribing such names and titles unto God. 1667Decay Chr. Piety v. §18. 233 We..never suspect these glorious attributions may be no more than complement or flattery. 1876Bancroft Hist. U.S. V. v. 389 The biographer's attribution of special merit to Colonel Reed.
II. The (internal) action of ascribing or imputing.
3. The assigning or ascribing of a character or quality as belonging or proper to any thing.
1651Wittie tr. Primrose's Pop. Err. iv. 246 Attribution of this power and dominion to them. 1774T. Warton Eng. Poetry (1840) I. Diss. i. 14 The attribution of prophetical language to birds. 1837Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. xvii. iv. §2 The attribution of sexes to plants. 1838Sir W. Hamilton Logic v. (1866) I. 77 As these qualities or modes are only identified with the thing by a mental attribution, they are called attributes.
b. self-attribution: ascription of honour or credit to oneself.
1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 184 Not to give themselves to sensual pleasures, Luxury, Vain-glory, Self-attributions.
4. The ascribing of an effect to a cause, of a work to its author, date, place, or of date and place to a work. esp. in Art-criticism: The ascription of a work of art to its supposed author.
a1665J. Goodwin Filled w. the Spirit (1867) 335 Though the same attribution..be made unto God..wherein the action is ascribed unto God. 1805Ellis E.E. Metr. Rom. (ed. Bohn) 75 note, Few mistakes are more usual than the attribution of early pieces to the copyists. 1864Reader 27 Feb. 261/2 That any one has been yet tempted to follow his attributions. 1881Saintsbury Dryden i. 19 The blundering attribution of Dryden and his rivals to Corneille and Racine. 1882J. Evans in Nature XXV. 549 Of John Hyrcanus..there are numerous copper coins of undoubted attribution.
†5. Rhet. The qualifying of words by attributive adjuncts; giving of epithets. Obs.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. (Arb.) 193 Epitheton or the Quallifier, otherwise the figure of Attribution.
6. Logic. Predication of an attribute.
1860Abp. Thomson Laws of Th. §60 To say that man is mortal is an act of Attribution. 1870Bowen Logic v. 128 In each of the other forms the attribution is conditional.
III. A thing attributed.
7. Anything ascribed in one's opinion or estimation, e.g. ascribed name, appellation, credit, character, property, quality, meaning, or sense of a word. Also in early use = attribute 2. ? Obs.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iv. i. 3 Such attribution should the Dowglas haue, As not a Souldiour of this seasons stampe, Should go so generall currant through the world. 1615T. Adams Two Sonnes 68 Many and excellent are the attributions wch the Scripture giveth us—as Friends, Children, Heirs, &c. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. II. 237 To which Species of Gods it was an honorary Attribution.
†8. An attributive word or adjunct, an ‘attribute.’ (So in L.) Obs.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xvii. (Arb.) 193 Sometimes wordes suffered to go single, do giue greater sence and grace than words quallified by attributions do.
9. Authority or function granted (to a ruler, minister, delegate, court). (From mod. French.)
1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 376 The legislative body shall determine the number and attributions (or functions) of the ministers. 1849Grote Greece ii. xlvi. V. 482 Trials for homicide were only a small part of its attributions. 1865Mill Repr. Govt. 125/2 Within the limits of its attributions, it makes laws which are obeyed by every citizen. |