English to English noun
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assigning some quality or character to a person or thing | | Example: the attribution of language to birds the ascription to me of honors I had not earned
source: wordnet30
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assigning to a cause or source | | Example: the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso
source: wordnet30
3 |
The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed. | | source: webster1913
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