All 4 Uses of
attribute
in
Interview with the Vampire
- you must understand that Babette, being as strong as she was, never once attributed what she saw to imagination or to ghosts.†
Part 1 *attributed = credited (pointed to a source for something)
- And now they attributed to us not only the deaths of slaves found in the fields and swamps and also the dead cattle and occasional horses, but all other strange events; even floods and thunder were the weapons of God in a personal battle waged with Louis and Lestat.
Part 1attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of something)
- Surely you attribute great degrees and variations to goodness.†
Part 3attribute = credit (point to as the source of something)
- And there seemed nothing human about him; even his handsome features and dark hair became the attributes of a terrible angel who shared with the rest of us only a superficial resemblance.†
Part 3 *attributes = characteristics (of something or someone)
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