Both Uses of
attribute
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Now, this singular conduct of Mr. Covey really made me begin to think that there was something in the ROOT which Sandy had given me; and had it been on any other day than Sunday, I could have attributed the conduct to no other cause than the influence of that root; and as it was, I was half inclined to think the root to be something more than I at first had taken it to be.
Chpt 10attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of)
- A slave seldom dies but that his death is attributed to trickery.
Chpt 10 *attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of something)
Definition:
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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