Both Uses of
attribute
in
Wuthering Heights
- No, I'm running on too fast: I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him.
Chpt 1 (definition 1) *attributes = traits (characteristics)
- Heathcliff smiled again, as if it were rather too bold a jest to attribute the paternity of that bear to him.
Chpt 2 (definition 2) *attribute = credit (point to as the cause of)
Definitions:
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(1) (attribute as in: It is an attribute of...) a characteristic (of something or someone)
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(2) (attribute as in: I attribute it to...) to credit (a source for something)in two typical senses:
- "I attribute it to her work." -- to say who or what made something happen
- "Remember to attribute any quotations in your paper." -- indicate the source of a quotation or idea