English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Attribute
(n.)
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.
Attribute
(v. t.)
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).
Attributed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Attribute
Attributing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attribute
Attribution
(n.)
That which is ascribed or attributed.
Attribution
(n.)
The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality,
character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause.
Attributive
(n.)
A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying
word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.
Attributive
(a.)
Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning
an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.
Attributively
(adv.)
In an attributive manner.
Attrite
(a.)
Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of
grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Attrite
(a.)
Rubbed; worn by friction.
Attrition
(n.)
The state of being worn.
Attrition
(n.)
The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of
wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion.
Attrition
(n.)
Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or
feelings of shame. See Contrition.
Attry
(a.)
Poisonous; malignant; malicious.
Attune
(v. t.)
To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as
one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to
a harp.
Attune
(v. t.)
To arrange fitly; to make accordant.
Attuned
(imp. & p. p.)
of Attune
Attuning
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Attune
Atwain
(adv.)
In twain; asunder.