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as in: I attribute it to... Define
to credit (a source for something) -- such as:
- to say that something happened because of someone or something else (give credit or blame)
- to say that an idea or quotation came from a specified source
- He always attributed to his critics a more profound comprehension than he had himself, and always expected from them something he did not himself see in the picture.
- She attributed this quotation to Shakespeare.
- She attributes her success to hard work.
- to say that something happened because of someone or something else (give credit or blame)
- to say that an idea or quotation came from a specified source
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a characteristic (of something or someone)
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