1. (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).

2. (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.

3. (n.) Reputation.

4. (n.) A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.

5. (n.) Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.

IC analysis account for accredit accredit with accrete to acknowledge affection apply apply to appositive aroma ascribe ascribe to assign assign to attach attach to attribute to attributive badge blame blame for blame on brand bring home to cachet calendar cast character characteristic charge charge on charge to chronologize complement confess configuration connect with construction modifier credit credit with cut cutting date deep structure differentia differential direct object distinctive feature earmark emblem fasten upon father upon feature figure filler fix on fix upon flavor form-function unit function give gust hallmark hang on idiocrasy idiosyncrasy immediate constituent analysis impress impression impute impute to index indirect object individualism keynote lay lay to levels lineaments mannerism mark marking modifier mold nature object odor particularity peculiarity phrase structure pin on pinpoint place place upon point to predicate property put qualifier quality quirk ranks refer refer to saddle on saddle with savor seal set down to settle upon shallow structure shape singularity slot slot and filler smack specialty stamp strata structure subject surface structure syntactic analysis syntactic structure syntactics syntax tagmeme taint tang taste token trace to trait trick underlying structure virtue word arrangement word order