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attribute
in
Lord of Light
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But these were his lesser Attributes.†
Part 1

attributes = characteristics (of something or someone)
Under his breath, he called upon the more notable of the current fertility deities, invoking them in terms of their most prominent Attributes.†
Part 1 *
They saw me take on my Aspect and wield an Attribute.†
Part 1

attribute = characteristic (of something or someone)
That is why it is best to cultivate an Attribute, and perhaps to employ mechanical aids, also.†
Part 3
These have taken upon themselves their Aspects now, and have raised up their Attributes.†
Part 4

attributes = characteristics (of something or someone)
Is it the raising up of an Attribute?†
Part 4

attribute = characteristic (of something or someone)
At that moment, Krishna took his Aspect upon him, raising up the Attribute of divine drunkenness.†
Part 5
"Now there is an Attribute," she said.†
Part 5
He developed an Attribute which he could use against the demons.†
Part 5
and this place was built by Kubera the Fat, who cared not a tittle for any of these sentiments, but who, as a friend of Lord Kalkin, had done this construction at the behest of Candi the Fierce, sometimes known as Durga and as Kali, for he alone of all the gods possessed the Attribute of inanimate correspondence, whereby he could invest the works of his hands with feelings and passions to be experienced by those who dwelled among them.†
Part 5
And raise up your Attribute?†
Part 5
He realized then that she had taken on her Aspect, and might be about to wield an Attribute.†
Part 5
"He has taken on his Aspect and raised up an Attribute," said Tak.†
Part 5
I was taken by his Attribute.†
Part 5
Others bore strange weapons to focus their strange Attributes.†
Part 6

attributes = characteristics (of something or someone)
The Lady Ratri was banished from the City and sentenced to walk the world as a mortal, always to be incarnated into middle-aged bodies of more than usually plain appearance, bodies that could not bear the full power of her Aspect or Attributes.†
Part 6
They had been puny in the early days, struggling to discipline their mutant powers with drugs, hypnosis, meditation, neurosurgery-forging them into Attributes-and across the ages, those powers had grown.†
Part 7
Without raising Aspect, here is my Attribute.†
Part 7

attribute = characteristic (of something or someone)
Someone always has an Attribute to stand against any one weapon.†
Part 7
And what is the highest attribute any form may possess?†
Part 1
They've always been considered gods, with their Aspects and Attributes, but they've made it awfully official now.†
Part 2
-fragility perhaps, about his unconscious form, which might have been caused partly by the fevers that racked his body, but which could not be attributed entirely to them.†
Part 3 *
It is not given to you to dispute my Attributes, or the ways of their working.†
Part 3
If not by my Attribute, then by my blade.†
Part 3
He had seen that city pass through all the stages through which a city can pass, until now it was inhabited by those who could spin their minds for a moment and transform themselves into gods, taking upon them an Aspect that strengthened their bodies and intensified their wills and extended the power of their desires into Attributes, which fell with a force like magic upon those against whom they turned them.†
Part 4
It is only during those seasons of life when I incarnate as a man, Sam, that I wield my Attribute and engage in actual plunder.†
Part 5
It served as a focus for the Binder's special Attribute, and he finds that he needs it once again.†
Part 5
Then, from among the demigods were fifty chosen, still struggling to discipline erratic Attributes, eager to strengthen Aspect and gain merit through battle.†
Part 6
I recalled at this point that Kalkin's Attribute had involved the control of lightnings and electromagnetic phenomena.†
Part 6
Sooner or later, he had realized, they would have to meet, that he might test the power of that Attribute which Kalkin was said to have raised up.†
Part 7
I needed your Attribute, so I drafted you.†
Part 7

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(1) (attribute as in: It is an attribute of...)
a characteristic or feature (of something or someone)
(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
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

attribute in Lord of Light (Auto-generated)

attribute
in
Lord of Light
(Auto-generated)