Attribute (ăttr&ibreve_;būt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Attributing.] [L. attributus, p. p. of attribuere; ad + tribuere to bestow. See Tribute.] 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).
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We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it. Abp. Tillotson.
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The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer. Shak.
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Syn. -- See Ascribe.
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