All 3 Uses of
attribute
in
Selected Tales by Poe
- The plastering had here, in great measure, resisted the action of the fire—a fact which I attributed to its having been recently spread.
Scene 2 *attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of something)
- "True; and you will remember an expression attributed almost unanimously, by the evidence, to this voice,—the expression, '_mon Dieu!†
Scene 4
- The flapping-to of the shutter would naturally have been attributed to the wind.
Scene 4attributed = 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