All 6 Uses of
attribute
in
The House of Mirth
- A solitude was tacitly created for her in the crowded existence of Bellomont, and her friends could not have shown a greater readiness for self-effacement had her wooing been adorned with all the attributes of romance.†
Chpt 1.4 (definition 1)
- This attribute was common to most of Lily's set: they had a force of negation which eliminated everything beyond their own range of perception.†
Chpt 1.4 (definition 2)
- His reputed cultivation was generally regarded as a slight obstacle to easy intercourse, but Lily, who prided herself on her broad-minded recognition of literature, and always carried an Omar Khayam in her travelling-bag, was attracted by this attribute, which she felt would have had its distinction in an older society.†
Chpt 1.6 (definition 2)
- She saw that she had dressed her idol with attributes of her own making.†
Chpt 1.14 (definition 1) *
- She was realizing for the first time that a woman's dignity may cost more to keep up than her carriage; and that the maintenance of a moral attribute should be dependent on dollars and cents, made the world appear a more sordid place than she had conceived it.†
Chpt 1.15 (definition 2)
- "My dear child, don't add to it still more—at least to your conception of it—by attributing to her all sorts of susceptibilities of your own."†
Chpt 2.8 (definition 2) *
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