All 10 Uses of
attribute
in
The Idiot
- ALL three of the Miss Epanchins were fine, healthy girls, well-grown, with good shoulders and busts, and strong—almost masculine—hands; and, of course, with all the above attributes, they enjoyed capital appetites, of which they were not in the least ashamed.†
Chpt 1.4 (definition 1)
- The sight of this pre-eminently national attribute was enough to convince anybody, without words, that it was a serious matter for those who should happen to come into contact with it.†
Chpt 1.15 (definition 1)
- She is sure of your love; but besides that, she must attribute SOMETHING else to you—some good qualities, otherwise the thing would not be.†
Chpt 2.3 (definition 1)
- Rogojin attributes her strangeness to other causes, to passion!
Chpt 2.5 (definition 1)attributes = credits (a source for something)
- "Oh, undoubtedly, this person wished somehow, and for some reason, to do Evgenie Pavlovitch a bad turn, by attributing to him—before witnesses—qualities which he neither has nor can have," replied Prince S. drily enough.†
Chpt 2.11 (definition 1)
- You don't seem to believe in people as you did, and are always attributing motives and so on—am I using the word 'sceptic' in its proper sense?"†
Chpt 2.11 (definition 1)
- In conversation with Rogojin he had attributed this sensation to pity—immeasurable pity, and this was the truth.†
Chpt 3.2 (definition 1) *
- In reality the devil is a great and terrible spirit, with neither hoofs, nor tail, nor horns; it is you who have endowed him with these attributes!†
Chpt 3.4 (definition 2) *
- We degrade God when we attribute our own ideas to Him, out of annoyance that we cannot fathom His ways.†
Chpt 3.7 (definition 1)
- The prince was taken aback by the suddenness of this last reply, and did not know to what he should attribute it.†
Chpt 3.8 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (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
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(2) (attribute as in: It is an attribute of...) a characteristic (of something or someone)