All 5 Uses of
attribute
in
The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
- By what process of logical accretion was this slight "personality," the mere slim shade of an intelligent but presumptuous girl, to find itself endowed with the high attributes of a Subject?†
Chpt Pref. (definition 1) *
- She was usually prepared to explain these—when the explanation was asked as a favour; and in such a case they proved totally different from those that had been attributed to her.
Chpt 3 (definition 2)attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of something)
- His friends at present judged him more cheerful, and attributed it to a theory, over which they shook their heads knowingly, that he would recover his health.†
Chpt 5 (definition 2) *
- Lord Warburton loomed up before her, largely and brightly, as a collection of attributes and powers which were not to be measured by this simple rule, but which demanded a different sort of appreciation—an appreciation that the girl, with her habit of judging quickly and freely, felt she lacked patience to bestow.†
Chpt 12 (definition 1)
- Afterwards, however, she always remembered that one should never regret a generous error and that if Madame Merle had not the merits she attributed to her, so much the worse for Madame Merle.
Chpt 19 (definition 2)attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of something)
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