attributed
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
attributed (not comparable)
(programming) decorated with an attribute
Source: Wiktionary
At*trib"ute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attributed; p. pr. & vb. n. Attributing.] Etym: [L. attributus, p. p. of attribuere; ad + tribuere to bestow. See Tribute.]
Definition: 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). We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it. Abp. Tillotson. The merit of service is seldom attributed to the true and exact performer. Shak.
Syn.
– See Ascribe.
At"tri*bute, n. Etym: [L. attributum.]
1. 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. But mercy is above this sceptered away; . . . It is an attribute to God himself. Shak.
2. Reputation. [Poetic] Shak.
3. (Paint. & Sculp.)
Definition: A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
4. (Gram.)
Definition: Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
