ATTRIBUTABLE

attributable

(adjective) capable of being attributed; “the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale”; “an idea attributable to a Russian”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

attributable (not comparable)

Capable of being attributed.

Allowed to be attributed.

Usage notes

• Always used with to

Source: Wiktionary


At*trib"u*ta*ble, a.

Definition: Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable. Errors . . . attributable to carelessness. J. D. Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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