attribute
                                  attributes, attributing, attributed
                                  pronounced // when it is a verb and // when it is a noun.
                             1
                                  If you attribute something to an event or situation, you think that it
                                  was caused by that event or situation.
                                  Economists attributed the lack of progress to poor cooperation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            VB WITH OBJ AND PREP
                                                                                                                                                                                                            `to`
                             2
                                  If you attribute a remark, a piece of writing, or a work of art to
                                  someone, you say that they said it, wrote it, or produced it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            VB WITH OBJ AND PREP
                                                                                                                                                                                                            `to`
                             3
                                  If you attribute a particular quality or feature to someone or
                                  something, you think they have it.
                                  Here we are attributing human feelings to animals.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            VB WITH OBJ AND PREP
                                                                                                                                                                                                            `to`
                          ·
                                  attribution //
                                  ...the attribution of mysterious powers to these men.
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