All 3 Uses

attribute
in
East of Eden
(Edited)

It was quite easy for her to attribute her condition to certain dreams she had experienced while her husband was away.†
Chpt 3

attribute = credit (point to as the source of something)
No crime of commission was ever attributed to him, and his crimes of omission were only misdemeanors.†
Chpt 5 *

attributed = credited (pointed to as the cause of something)
She had the inhuman attribute of abandoning what she could not get and of waiting for what she could get.†
Chpt 15 *

attribute = characteristic (of something or someone)

Definitions:

(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)