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).-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.-reputation.-a conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of hercules.-quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.