Both Uses of
attribute
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Aristotle's entire system of philosophy rests upon his book of psychology and that, I think, rests on his statement that the same attribute cannot at the same time and in the same connexion belong to and not belong to the same subject.†
Chpt 5 *
- Stephen began to enumerate glibly his father's attributes.†
Chpt 5 *
Definitions:
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(attribute as in: It is an attribute of...) a characteristic (of something or someone)
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(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