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Definition of Attribute
Attribute

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to).

That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic.

Reputation.

A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

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Attribute Quotations

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Mohandas Gandhi

I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
Mohandas Gandhi

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
George Washington

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
John Locke

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
Joseph Addison

Attribute Translations

attribute in Dutch is bijvoeglijke bepaling, attribuut
attribute in French is attribuez, attribut, attribuons, attribuer
attribute in German is Merkmal, Atribut {n}, Attribut {n}
attribute in Latin is delego
attribute in Norwegian is kjennetegn
attribute in Portuguese is atributo
attribute in Spanish is signo, atributo
attribute in Swedish is attribut

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