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Sometimes he fixed upon one of her physical attributes, something minor of which she might not even have been aware, such as the curves of her neck as it swept into her shoulders, or the microscopic geography of her lips, and brought her into surprised and pleasant stupefaction.†
Chpt 2

attributes = characteristics (of something or someone)
Had these things been in Rome they would have been surrounded by other such things, their attributes bled into chaotic illusion.†
Chpt 2 *
Men with families were pulled from the ranks along with equally mystified adolescents and put to death for acts attributed to others whom they had never seen.†
Chpt 4 *

attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of something)
If a nature could have been attributed to them it might have been one of optimism and hopefulness, for when they were driven apart and they shot off on their own they went into a brave and jovial roll, spinning as if to gain altitude.†
Chpt 7
No. They don't know it, but the intellect is the attribute easiest to develop, and if it grows out of proportion to the rest of them they think they're smartbut they're not any smarter than a telephone book.†
Chpt 10

attribute = characteristic (of something or someone)
II RACE TO THE SEA THE GARDEN of the attorney Giuliani's house was divided into quarters, and long after Alessandro left home he knew their every attribute by heart.†
Chpt 2
After a lively overture with an orchestral signature attributable mainly to the fact that theatrical impresarios have known for ages that adolescents can be quieted by hunting horns, the curtain rose, crushing several paper gliders in its folds.†
Chpt 2

attributable = caused by, or said by

standard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
Alessandro attributed the grim mood to the state of the empire and the arrival of winter, but even if it would be gray until spring he could not fathom why some of the women cried as they passed, and some of the men staggered and could hardly walk.†
Chpt 8
The extremes were magnificent, but it had not the most human of all attributes, balance.†
Chpt 8
I now attribute my vain desire to my education, which had instilled in me the splendid and reckless belief that everything can be explained.†
Chpt 10

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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)

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