All 13 Uses of
attribute
in
Middlemarch
- She attributed Dorothea's abstracted manner, and the evidence of further crying since they had got home, to the temper she had been in about Sir James Chettam and the buildings, and was careful not to give further offence: having once said what she wanted to say, Celia had no disposition to recur to disagreeable subjects.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- Lady Chettam, who attributed her own remarkable health to home-made bitters united with constant medical attendance, entered with much exercise of the imagination into Mrs. Renfrew's account of symptoms, and into the amazing futility in her case of all, strengthening medicines.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- Hence Mr. Bulstrode's close attention was not agreeable to the publicans and sinners in Middlemarch; it was attributed by some to his being a Pharisee, and by others to his being Evangelical.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1) *
- Why do you attribute to me a wish for anything that would annoy you?†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- He fled by another doorway, but Mr. Jonah, who had not before seen Fred's white complexion, long legs, and pinched delicacy of face, prepared many sarcasms in which these points of appearance were wittily combined with the lowest moral attributes.†
Chpt 3 (definition 2) *
- "And when you lie speechless you may be tired of having strangers about you, and you may think of me and my children"—but here her voice broke under the touching thought which she was attributing to her speechless brother; the mention of ourselves being naturally affecting.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- Mrs. Bulstrode said no more, attributing some dissatisfaction which she felt to her own want of spirituality.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- When one sees a perfect woman, one never thinks of her attributes—one is conscious of her presence.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- In fact, I should rather attribute to you a romantic disregard of your own worldly interests.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- This misfortune was attributed entirely to her having persisted in going out on horseback one day when her husband had desired her not to do so; but it must not be supposed that she had shown temper on the occasion, or rudely told him that she would do as she liked.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- Lydgate was too hasty in attributing insensibility to her; after her own fashion, she was sensitive enough, and took lasting impressions.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- But Mrs. Bulstrode had particularly wished to have a certain picture—a "Supper at Emmaus," attributed in the catalogue to Guido; and at the last moment before the day of the sale Mr. Bulstrode had called at the office of the "Pioneer," of which he was now one of the proprietors, to beg of Mr. Ladislaw as a great favor that he would obligingly use his remarkable knowledge of pictures on behalf of Mrs. Bulstrode, and judge of the value of this particular painting—"if," added the…†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- "It would be very unkind of you to suppose that I ever attributed any meanness to you," she began.†
Chpt 6 (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)