attributen.

/ˈatrɪbjuːt/

Etymology: probably, in the main, a substantive use of attribute adj., though the Latin attribūtum (neuter noun from the past participle attribūtus), common in theological language, or its French adaptation attribut (14th cent. in Littré), may well have been the prototype.

1. A quality or character ascribed to any person or thing, one which is in common estimation or usage assigned to him; hence, sometimes, an epithet or appellation in which the quality is ascribed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute > ascribed to a person or thing

attribute?a1475

attribution1598

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 182 To þe sone connynge doth longe expres ther with þe serpent dyd Adam A-say... Þus þe secunde person Attrybute Was only towchyd be temptacion.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xii. 23 The verie Etimologie of the name [God]..declaring plainely the nature of the attribute, which is all one as if we sayd good.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 192 Mercie is aboue this sceptred sway..it is an attribut to God himselfe.

1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 5 The attribute of Wise,..was conferr'd upon the rest in respect of their morall rules and practise.

1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages II. xiii. 88 It is surprising how soon historical personages become invested with romantic attributes.

†2. Distinguished quality or character; honour, credit, reputation ascribed. (Cf. the parallel use of quality, rank, position, etc. in ‘a person of quality,’ i.e. ‘quality worth naming.’) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] > for or of being something

nameeOE

repute1539

reputationc1555

attribution1598

attribute1604

word1722

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 18 + 6 It takes From our atchieuements..The pith and marrow of our attribute.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 115 Much attribute he hath, and much the reason Why we ascribe it to him.

1690 W. Temple Ess. Heroick Virtue i. 15 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. Cæsar..possessed very eminently all the Qualities..that enter into the Composition of an Heroe, but failed of the Attribute or Honour.

3. A material object recognized as appropriate to, and thus symbolic of, any office or actor; spec. in Painting, Sculpture: A conventional symbol added, as an accessory, to denote the character or show the identity of the personage represented.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol

tokeningc888

tokenc890

print1340

bannerc1380

signingc1390

signala1393

signc1400

similitude?c1400

type?a1500

sacrament1534

resemblance1548

adumbration1552

character1569

picture1580

symbol1590

moral?1594

attribute1600

symbolization1603

allegory1606

emblema1616

hieroglyph1646

simile1682

documentor1684

symptoma1687

monument1728

metaphor1836

presentation1866

symbolisms1876

ideogram1897

picture message1912

figura1959

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > identifying symbol, dress, etc.

costume1668

attribute1718

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 188 His scepter showes the force of temporall power, the attribut to awe and maiestie.

1718 J. Addison Remarks Italy (ed. 2) 243 The Sculptor however, to distinguish him from the rest of the Gods, gave him what the Medallists call his proper Attributes, a Spear in one hand, and a Shield in the other.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Club is an Attribute of Hercules.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion v. 224 A crown, an attribute of sovereign power.

1880 C. Waldstein Pythagoras of Rhegion 19 A..remnant of marble, which shows that he also held a long attribute in his left hand.

1883 Queen Victoria More Leaves 6 A small room full of his rifles and other implements and attributes of sport.

a. A quality or character considered to belong to or be inherent in a person or thing; a characteristic quality.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. viii. 151 Attribute is a word properly convertible with quality, for every quality is an attribute, and every attribute is a quality; but in English, custom has introduced a certain distinction in their application. Attribute is considered as a word of loftier significance, and is, therefore, conventionally limited to qualities of a higher application. Thus, for example, it would be felt as indecorous to speak of the qualities of God, and as ridiculous to talk of the attributes of matter.

This distinction is hardly borne out by historical usage. Originally, ‘the attributes of God’ was preferred probably because men assumed no knowledge of the actual qualities of the Deity, but only of those more or less fitly ‘attributed’ him; i.e. ‘attributes’ in sense 1. But the exalted sense 2 may have associated itself with the expression in the minds of many who used it. J. A. H. M.[Cf. ?a1475 and 1600 at sense 1.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute

i-cundeOE

kindOE

thingOE

quality1340

virtue1340

assizea1375

propertyc1390

principlea1398

conditionc1460

faculty1490

predicatea1513

epitheton1547

passion1570

propriety1584

affection1588

attribute1603

qualification1616

appropriate1618

intimacy1641

bedighting1674

belonger1674

cleaver1674

interiority1701

internal property1751

predicable1785

coloration1799

internality1839

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 26 All other fabulous fictions and attributes given unto them [the Gods]..have been devised only to give contentment to the readers.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G4^v The attributes and acts of God, as farre as they are reuealed to man.

1699 R. Bentley Folly & Unreasonableness Atheism (ed. 4) vi. 192 Neither Matter..nor Motion as its Attribute and Property, can have existed from all Eternity.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. 72 Demonstrations of the Being and Attributes of God.

1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. i. 2 An attribute or quality of those articles only which it requires some portion of voluntary human labour to produce.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 208 Truth, wisdom, power, justice, holiness and other attributes..have in God their real being; in creatures a shadow of being only.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. ix. 359 Endowed with all the highest attributes of the statesman.

b. rarely applied to: A bodily quality.

ΚΠ

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. x. 288 Beauty was an attribute of the family.

1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xix. 144 I will begin with her exterior attributes.

c. in Logic, That which may be predicated of any thing; a quality, mode of existence, affection; strictly an essential and permanent quality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > attribute

inseparable quality1551

mark1690

attribute1785

internal relation1883

1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers 440 Every attribute is what the ancients called an universal.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §4 Whiteness, again, is the name of a quality or attribute of those things.

1870 F. C. Bowen Logic i. 8 The Concept is the Intuition stripped of its contingent or unessential attributes or marks.

d. Statistics. A characteristic or quality viewed as a basis for statistical analysis of a group, esp. one which cannot be measured quantitatively.

ΚΠ

1911 G. U. Yule Introd. Theory Statistics i. 8 The objects or individuals that possess the attribute, and those that do not possess it, may be said to be members of two distinct classes.

1947 T. L. Kelley Fund. Statistics ix. 311 Handling such situations involves the statistics of attributes, or of qualitative series.

1981 Jrnl. Marketing Res. 18 83/1 From the calibration data, one statistical model was estimated for each attribute.

2010 A. Ashworth Cost Stud. Buildings (ed. 5) vi. 118 This quality factor [sc. appearance] may give the client a greater amount of satisfaction than any of the other variables or attributes.

5. Grammar. Sometimes used for: A word denoting an attribute; an attributive word; a predicable. esp. in Sentence Analysis, an adjective, or a word, phrase, or clause, performing the function of an adjective.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > any part of speech denoting an attribute

attribution1589

attributive1751

attribute1808

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > complement

attribute1867

complement1874

1808 T. F. Middleton Greek Article (1855) 56 By Attributes Mr. Harris means Adjectives, Verbs, and Participles.

1867 Morell Eng. Gram. (ed. 3) 53 The attribute to the noun, i.e. the adjective or whatever takes the place of the adjective.

1873 J. Curtis Analysis 5 The subject may be enlarged by an attribute.

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† attributeadj.

Etymology: < Latin attribūtus, past participle of attribuĕre , < at- , ad- to + tribuĕre to assign, bestow, grant, yield, deliver. After the formation of the verb to attribute , the regular attributed gradually took its place as past participle, and attribute not being needed as an adjective became obsolete Compare -ate suffix².

Obsolete.

Attributed; assigned, given.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > of the nature of an attribute > attributed

attribute1495

attribuate?1541

attributed1808

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aiij/2 Power is appropryd to the fader. To the sone wysdome is attrybute: And to the holy ghost is attrybute grace.

1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 51 All these honorable names be attribute by theym vnto hym.

1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 48 Heccate,..which name is attribute to Diana.

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attributev.

/əˈtrɪbjuːt/

Etymology: < attribute adj., which continued for some time to act as the past participle of this, alongside of attributed. The poets down to Dryden and Scott show the pronunciation attriˈbute or ˈattribute, as in the participial adjective and noun.

I. As an external act.

a. To assign, bestow, give, concede, yield to a person, as his or her right (property, title, authority, worship, honour). archaic or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give as due or fitting

doOE

yieldc1000

pay1340

attribute1523

render1567

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 375 These two townes were attributed to Flaunders by reason of gage.

1537 King Henry VIII in J. Strype Cranmer (1694) App. 49 Whether this word Sacrament be, and ought to be, attribute to the Seven only?

1565 T. Randolph in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 184 II. 201 All honor that maye be attributed unto anye man by a wyf.

1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 62 Idolatry is a Diuine Worship, attributted to Idols.

1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlix. 186 The power of depriving the subject of his birthright [was], attributed to..the legislature.

b. To give or ascribe in assertion (praise or honour).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)]

speakc900

sayOE

tell?a1160

to put forth?c1225

posea1325

allegec1330

declarec1330

exponec1380

to bring fortha1382

expounda1382

terminec1384

allaya1387

express1386

proport1387

purport1389

cough1393

generalize?a1425

deliverc1454

expremec1470

to show forth1498

promisea1500

term1546

to set forward1560

attribute1563

to throw out1573

quote1575

dictate1599

rendera1616

preport1616

enunciate1623

remonstrate1625

state1642

pronunciate1652

annunciate1763

present1779

enounce1805

report1842

constate1865

lodge1885

outen1951

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Fii^v To whom vndoubtedly, the praise and commendation is chiefly to be attrybuted.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Yy4 What Celsitud of honor Plinius secundus attributeth to Traiane in his funerall oration.

2. To add to the representation of a personage, the conventional symbolic ‘attribute’. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)] > add symbolic attribute

attribute1756

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > sculpt or carve [verb (transitive)] > add symbolic attribute

attribute1756

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. i. 25 The trite and obvious insignia of a river god are attributed.

II. As a mental act.

3. To ascribe to as belonging or proper; to consider or view as belonging or appropriate to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to as belonging or appropriate

appropre1340

propera1398

appropriate1533

attributea1538

give1559

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 30 In the felycyte of man you put dyverse degres, to some attrybutyng more & to some les.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 836 God attributes to place No sanctitie, if none be thither brought By Men.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Aristotle in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 409 They..attribute the Highest place to that which is Divine.

1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms Introd. 6 A sense is attributed to them which was never intended.

†4. to attribute (much), etc.: to ascribe great importance to, to hold in high estimation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to

weigh?c1225

chargec1320

set by1393

to attribute (much)1586

to stand upon ——1587

moment1598

to lay weight upon1600

reflecta1616

to take (large etc.) stock in (rarely of)1870

1586 Let. to Earle Leycester 32 I attribute not so much to mine owne iudgement.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 4 Epiphanius..doeth attribute so much vnto it [the LXX], that he holdeth the Authours thereof..for Prophets.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 565 Attributing overmuch to things Less excellent.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 320 Eve, who thought Less attributed to her Faith sincere.

5. To ascribe as a quality or ‘attribute’ belonging, proper, or inherent. (To attribute wisdom to a person = to hold that he or she is wise.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute

puta1382

applya1393

suppose?a1425

ascribec1475

attach?1531

attribute1533

adscribe1534

assign?1541

allude1561

repose1561

predicate1614

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. xiii. f. ccxxxiiii^v To attrybute to his manhed that propertye whyche onely is appropryed to hys godhed is to confonnde bothe the natures in Chryste.

1611 Bible (King James) Job i. 22 In all this Iob sinned not, nor charged God foolishly [margin. attributed folly to God] .

1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1684) i. 172 Such a strange Efficacy in the Bread of the Eucharist, as their Miraculous Relations do Attribute to it.

1862 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism 42 The sort of mystical character which..is apt to be attributed to the idea of moral obligation.

6. To ascribe, impute, or refer, as an effect to the cause; to reckon as a consequence of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)]

titleOE

aretc1340

witena1375

witnea1375

reta1382

depute1382

wite1382

seta1387

layc1425

expoundc1430

imputec1480

attribue1481

assign1489

reckon1526

attribute1530

count1535

allot?1556

draw1578

object1613

prefer1628

entitle1629

implya1641

to score (something) on1645

intitule1651

put1722

to put down1723

charge1737

own1740

place1802

to set down1822

affiliate1823

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 440/1 I attrybute, I ascrybe the cause of a mater to one cause or other, J'attribue.

1626 Duke of Buckingham in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 329 III. 234 I cannot attribute this honour to any desert in me.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 39 To the deluge he attributed the changes of the earth.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §1. 268 The shrivelled arm of Richard the Third was attributed to witchcraft.

7. To ascribe to an author as his or her work.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to an author or source

refera1398

reducec1454

father?1499

entitle1550

intitule1559

foist1598

attribute1599

mother1645

authoridate1652

accredit1864

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > attribute to

intitule1559

attribute1599

filiatea1843

1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 15 [They] whiche attribute that choyse of armes to Chaucer.

1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 29 Others attribute the inuention of them to St. Hierome.

a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 86 The people of the Island Corcyra attributed the invention of the Sphere to Nausicaa.

1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 157 To Gutenberg..we are inclined to attribute that which is said to be in the characters afterwards used by Albert Pfister at Bamberg.

1854 (title) Edward III: a Play attributed to Shakespeare.

8. To assign in one's opinion to its proper time or place.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to a time or place

attribute1567

1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Civ^v To the ende he semeth to attribute that thing, When men be asociate with treasures celestiall.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 75 They attribute the birth of the Muses in the wood Helicon.

1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 12 Several copies which may fairly be attributed to the fourth century.

†9. With complement: To allow any one the ‘attribute’ of; to hold him to be.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as

telleOE

talec897

seeOE

letc1000

holdc1200

reckon1340

aima1382

accounta1387

counta1387

judgec1390

takea1400

countc1400

receivec1400

existimatec1430

to look on ——?c1430

makec1440

reputea1449

suppose1474

treatc1485

determinea1513

recount?c1525

esteem1526

believe1533

estimate?1533

ascribe1535

consider1539

regard1547

count1553

to look upon ——1553

take1561

reck1567

eye?1593

censure1597

subscribe1600

perhibit1613

behold1642

resent1642

attributea1657

fancy1662

vogue1675

decount1762

to put down1788

to set down1798

rate1854

have1867

mean1878

a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cxcii, in Poems (1878) IV. 49 When a Naturall Motley makes a Hood Vnto a Man, wee attribute him wise.

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n.?a1475

adj.1495

v.1523

单词	attribute
释义	attributen. /ˈatrɪbjuːt/ Etymology: probably, in the main, a substantive use of attribute adj., though the Latin attribūtum (neuter noun from the past participle attribūtus), common in theological language, or its French adaptation attribut (14th cent. in Littré), may well have been the prototype. 1. A quality or character ascribed to any person or thing, one which is in common estimation or usage assigned to him; hence, sometimes, an epithet or appellation in which the quality is ascribed. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute > ascribed to a person or thing attribute?a1475 attribution1598 ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 182 To þe sone connynge doth longe expres ther with þe serpent dyd Adam A-say... Þus þe secunde person Attrybute Was only towchyd be temptacion. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xii. 23 The verie Etimologie of the name [God]..declaring plainely the nature of the attribute, which is all one as if we sayd good. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 192 Mercie is aboue this sceptred sway..it is an attribut to God himselfe. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. i. 5 The attribute of Wise,..was conferr'd upon the rest in respect of their morall rules and practise. 1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages II. xiii. 88 It is surprising how soon historical personages become invested with romantic attributes. †2. Distinguished quality or character; honour, credit, reputation ascribed. (Cf. the parallel use of quality, rank, position, etc. in ‘a person of quality,’ i.e. ‘quality worth naming.’) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > [noun] > for or of being something nameeOE repute1539 reputationc1555 attribution1598 attribute1604 word1722 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 18 + 6 It takes From our atchieuements..The pith and marrow of our attribute. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. iii. 115 Much attribute he hath, and much the reason Why we ascribe it to him. View more context for this quotation 1690 W. Temple Ess. Heroick Virtue i. 15 in Miscellanea: 2nd Pt. Cæsar..possessed very eminently all the Qualities..that enter into the Composition of an Heroe, but failed of the Attribute or Honour. 3. A material object recognized as appropriate to, and thus symbolic of, any office or actor; spec. in Painting, Sculpture: A conventional symbol added, as an accessory, to denote the character or show the identity of the personage represented. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol tokeningc888 tokenc890 print1340 bannerc1380 signingc1390 signala1393 signc1400 similitude?c1400 type?a1500 sacrament1534 resemblance1548 adumbration1552 character1569 picture1580 symbol1590 moral?1594 attribute1600 symbolization1603 allegory1606 emblema1616 hieroglyph1646 simile1682 documentor1684 symptoma1687 monument1728 metaphor1836 presentation1866 symbolisms1876 ideogram1897 picture message1912 figura1959 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > a sculpture or carving > identifying symbol, dress, etc. costume1668 attribute1718 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 188 His scepter showes the force of temporall power, the attribut to awe and maiestie. View more context for this quotation 1718 J. Addison Remarks Italy (ed. 2) 243 The Sculptor however, to distinguish him from the rest of the Gods, gave him what the Medallists call his proper Attributes, a Spear in one hand, and a Shield in the other. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The Club is an Attribute of Hercules. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion v. 224 A crown, an attribute of sovereign power. View more context for this quotation 1880 C. Waldstein Pythagoras of Rhegion 19 A..remnant of marble, which shows that he also held a long attribute in his left hand. 1883 Queen Victoria More Leaves 6 A small room full of his rifles and other implements and attributes of sport. 4. a. A quality or character considered to belong to or be inherent in a person or thing; a characteristic quality. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. viii. 151 Attribute is a word properly convertible with quality, for every quality is an attribute, and every attribute is a quality; but in English, custom has introduced a certain distinction in their application. Attribute is considered as a word of loftier significance, and is, therefore, conventionally limited to qualities of a higher application. Thus, for example, it would be felt as indecorous to speak of the qualities of God, and as ridiculous to talk of the attributes of matter. This distinction is hardly borne out by historical usage. Originally, ‘the attributes of God’ was preferred probably because men assumed no knowledge of the actual qualities of the Deity, but only of those more or less fitly ‘attributed’ him; i.e. ‘attributes’ in sense 1. But the exalted sense 2 may have associated itself with the expression in the minds of many who used it. J. A. H. M.[Cf. ?a1475 and 1600 at sense 1.] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a property, quality, or attribute i-cundeOE kindOE thingOE quality1340 virtue1340 assizea1375 propertyc1390 principlea1398 conditionc1460 faculty1490 predicatea1513 epitheton1547 passion1570 propriety1584 affection1588 attribute1603 qualification1616 appropriate1618 intimacy1641 bedighting1674 belonger1674 cleaver1674 interiority1701 internal property1751 predicable1785 coloration1799 internality1839 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 26 All other fabulous fictions and attributes given unto them [the Gods]..have been devised only to give contentment to the readers. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G4^v The attributes and acts of God, as farre as they are reuealed to man. View more context for this quotation 1699 R. Bentley Folly & Unreasonableness Atheism (ed. 4) vi. 192 Neither Matter..nor Motion as its Attribute and Property, can have existed from all Eternity. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. 72 Demonstrations of the Being and Attributes of God. 1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. i. 2 An attribute or quality of those articles only which it requires some portion of voluntary human labour to produce. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 208 Truth, wisdom, power, justice, holiness and other attributes..have in God their real being; in creatures a shadow of being only. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. ix. 359 Endowed with all the highest attributes of the statesman. b. rarely applied to: A bodily quality. ΚΠ 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. x. 288 Beauty was an attribute of the family. 1861 A. Trollope Orley Farm (1862) I. xix. 144 I will begin with her exterior attributes. c. in Logic, That which may be predicated of any thing; a quality, mode of existence, affection; strictly an essential and permanent quality. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > [noun] > attribute inseparable quality1551 mark1690 attribute1785 internal relation1883 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers 440 Every attribute is what the ancients called an universal. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. i. ii. §4 Whiteness, again, is the name of a quality or attribute of those things. 1870 F. C. Bowen Logic i. 8 The Concept is the Intuition stripped of its contingent or unessential attributes or marks. d. Statistics. A characteristic or quality viewed as a basis for statistical analysis of a group, esp. one which cannot be measured quantitatively. ΚΠ 1911 G. U. Yule Introd. Theory Statistics i. 8 The objects or individuals that possess the attribute, and those that do not possess it, may be said to be members of two distinct classes. 1947 T. L. Kelley Fund. Statistics ix. 311 Handling such situations involves the statistics of attributes, or of qualitative series. 1981 Jrnl. Marketing Res. 18 83/1 From the calibration data, one statistical model was estimated for each attribute. 2010 A. Ashworth Cost Stud. Buildings (ed. 5) vi. 118 This quality factor [sc. appearance] may give the client a greater amount of satisfaction than any of the other variables or attributes. 5. Grammar. Sometimes used for: A word denoting an attribute; an attributive word; a predicable. esp. in Sentence Analysis, an adjective, or a word, phrase, or clause, performing the function of an adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > other parts of speech > [noun] > any part of speech denoting an attribute attribution1589 attributive1751 attribute1808 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > complement attribute1867 complement1874 1808 T. F. Middleton Greek Article (1855) 56 By Attributes Mr. Harris means Adjectives, Verbs, and Participles. 1867 Morell Eng. Gram. (ed. 3) 53 The attribute to the noun, i.e. the adjective or whatever takes the place of the adjective. 1873 J. Curtis Analysis 5 The subject may be enlarged by an attribute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † attributeadj. Etymology: < Latin attribūtus, past participle of attribuĕre , < at- , ad- to + tribuĕre to assign, bestow, grant, yield, deliver. After the formation of the verb to attribute , the regular attributed gradually took its place as past participle, and attribute not being needed as an adjective became obsolete Compare -ate suffix². Obsolete. Attributed; assigned, given. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > of the nature of an attribute > attributed attribute1495 attribuate?1541 attributed1808 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) i. sig. Aiij/2 Power is appropryd to the fader. To the sone wysdome is attrybute: And to the holy ghost is attrybute grace. 1539 C. Tunstall Serm. Palme Sondaye (1823) 51 All these honorable names be attribute by theym vnto hym. 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 48 Heccate,..which name is attribute to Diana. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2021). attributev. /əˈtrɪbjuːt/ Etymology: < attribute adj., which continued for some time to act as the past participle of this, alongside of attributed. The poets down to Dryden and Scott show the pronunciation attriˈbute or ˈattribute, as in the participial adjective and noun. I. As an external act. 1. a. To assign, bestow, give, concede, yield to a person, as his or her right (property, title, authority, worship, honour). archaic or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give as due or fitting doOE yieldc1000 pay1340 attribute1523 render1567 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. 375 These two townes were attributed to Flaunders by reason of gage. 1537 King Henry VIII in J. Strype Cranmer (1694) App. 49 Whether this word Sacrament be, and ought to be, attribute to the Seven only? 1565 T. Randolph in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 184 II. 201 All honor that maye be attributed unto anye man by a wyf. 1620 J. Melton Astrologaster 62 Idolatry is a Diuine Worship, attributted to Idols. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlix. 186 The power of depriving the subject of his birthright [was], attributed to..the legislature. b. To give or ascribe in assertion (praise or honour). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > state or declare [verb (transitive)] speakc900 sayOE sayOE tell?a1160 to put forth?c1225 posea1325 allegec1330 declarec1330 exponec1380 to bring fortha1382 expounda1382 terminec1384 allaya1387 express1386 proport1387 purport1389 cough1393 generalize?a1425 deliverc1454 expremec1470 to show forth1498 promisea1500 term1546 to set forward1560 attribute1563 to throw out1573 quote1575 dictate1599 rendera1616 preport1616 enunciate1623 remonstrate1625 state1642 pronunciate1652 annunciate1763 present1779 enounce1805 report1842 constate1865 lodge1885 outen1951 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Fii^v To whom vndoubtedly, the praise and commendation is chiefly to be attrybuted. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Yy4 What Celsitud of honor Plinius secundus attributeth to Traiane in his funerall oration. View more context for this quotation 2. To add to the representation of a personage, the conventional symbolic ‘attribute’. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > representation in art > represent in art [verb (transitive)] > add symbolic attribute attribute1756 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > sculpt or carve [verb (transitive)] > add symbolic attribute attribute1756 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. i. 25 The trite and obvious insignia of a river god are attributed. II. As a mental act. 3. To ascribe to as belonging or proper; to consider or view as belonging or appropriate to. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to as belonging or appropriate appropre1340 propera1398 appropriate1533 attributea1538 give1559 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 30 In the felycyte of man you put dyverse degres, to some attrybutyng more & to some les. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 836 God attributes to place No sanctitie, if none be thither brought By Men. View more context for this quotation 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Aristotle in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 409 They..attribute the Highest place to that which is Divine. 1832 G. C. Lewis Remarks Use & Abuse Polit. Terms Introd. 6 A sense is attributed to them which was never intended. †4. to attribute (much), etc.: to ascribe great importance to, to hold in high estimation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [verb (transitive)] > attach importance to weigh?c1225 chargec1320 set by1393 to attribute (much)1586 to stand upon ——1587 moment1598 to lay weight upon1600 reflecta1616 to take (large etc.) stock in (rarely of)1870 1586 Let. to Earle Leycester 32 I attribute not so much to mine owne iudgement. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 4 Epiphanius..doeth attribute so much vnto it [the LXX], that he holdeth the Authours thereof..for Prophets. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 565 Attributing overmuch to things Less excellent. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 320 Eve, who thought Less attributed to her Faith sincere. View more context for this quotation 5. To ascribe as a quality or ‘attribute’ belonging, proper, or inherent. (To attribute wisdom to a person = to hold that he or she is wise.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute puta1382 applya1393 suppose?a1425 ascribec1475 attach?1531 attribute1533 adscribe1534 assign?1541 allude1561 repose1561 predicate1614 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. iv. xiii. f. ccxxxiiii^v To attrybute to his manhed that propertye whyche onely is appropryed to hys godhed is to confonnde bothe the natures in Chryste. 1611 Bible (King James) Job i. 22 In all this Iob sinned not, nor charged God foolishly [margin. attributed folly to God] . View more context for this quotation 1638 Bp. J. Wilkins Discov. New World (1684) i. 172 Such a strange Efficacy in the Bread of the Eucharist, as their Miraculous Relations do Attribute to it. 1862 J. S. Mill Utilitarianism 42 The sort of mystical character which..is apt to be attributed to the idea of moral obligation. 6. To ascribe, impute, or refer, as an effect to the cause; to reckon as a consequence of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > attribution or assignment of cause > assign to a cause [verb (transitive)] titleOE aretc1340 witena1375 witnea1375 reta1382 depute1382 wite1382 seta1387 layc1425 expoundc1430 imputec1480 attribue1481 assign1489 reckon1526 attribute1530 count1535 allot?1556 draw1578 object1613 prefer1628 entitle1629 implya1641 to score (something) on1645 intitule1651 put1722 to put down1723 charge1737 own1740 place1802 to set down1822 affiliate1823 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 440/1 I attrybute, I ascrybe the cause of a mater to one cause or other, J'attribue. 1626 Duke of Buckingham in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. i. 329 III. 234 I cannot attribute this honour to any desert in me. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 39 To the deluge he attributed the changes of the earth. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §1. 268 The shrivelled arm of Richard the Third was attributed to witchcraft. 7. To ascribe to an author as his or her work. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to an author or source refera1398 reducec1454 father?1499 entitle1550 intitule1559 foist1598 attribute1599 mother1645 authoridate1652 accredit1864 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > attribute to intitule1559 attribute1599 filiatea1843 1599 F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) 15 [They] whiche attribute that choyse of armes to Chaucer. 1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 29 Others attribute the inuention of them to St. Hierome. a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 86 The people of the Island Corcyra attributed the invention of the Sphere to Nausicaa. 1816 S. W. Singer Researches Hist. Playing Cards 157 To Gutenberg..we are inclined to attribute that which is said to be in the characters afterwards used by Albert Pfister at Bamberg. 1854 (title) Edward III: a Play attributed to Shakespeare. 8. To assign in one's opinion to its proper time or place. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate or be a source of [verb (transitive)] > attribute to a time or place attribute1567 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Civ^v To the ende he semeth to attribute that thing, When men be asociate with treasures celestiall. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 75 They attribute the birth of the Muses in the wood Helicon. 1875 F. H. A. Scrivener 6 Lect. Text New Test. 12 Several copies which may fairly be attributed to the fourth century. †9. With complement: To allow any one the ‘attribute’ of; to hold him to be. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as telleOE talec897 seeOE letc1000 holdc1200 reckon1340 aima1382 accounta1387 counta1387 judgec1390 takea1400 countc1400 receivec1400 existimatec1430 to look on ——?c1430 makec1440 reputea1449 suppose1474 treatc1485 determinea1513 recount?c1525 esteem1526 believe1533 estimate?1533 ascribe1535 consider1539 regard1547 count1553 to look upon ——1553 take1561 reck1567 eye?1593 censure1597 subscribe1600 perhibit1613 behold1642 resent1642 attributea1657 fancy1662 vogue1675 decount1762 to put down1788 to set down1798 rate1854 have1867 mean1878 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV cxcii, in Poems (1878) IV. 49 When a Naturall Motley makes a Hood Vnto a Man, wee attribute him wise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1475adj.1495v.1523
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