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accidental |
a nonessential, unexpected, or supplementary factor, attribute, thing, or circumstance. [1/5 definitions] |
accredit |
to give credit to or for; attribute to. [1/4 definitions] |
appertain |
to belong or be related as an attribute, accompaniment, consideration, or the like; pertain (usu. fol. by "to"). |
arrogate |
to ascribe or attribute to another without warrant. [1/2 definitions] |
ascribe |
to attribute (something) to a particular cause or source. [1/2 definitions] |
attach |
to attribute; assign. [1/4 definitions] |
attributive |
acting as or having the quality of an attribute or attribution. [3 definitions] |
chalk up |
to regard as the result of; attribute. [1/2 definitions] |
characterize |
to be a distinguishing attribute or quality of. [1/2 definitions] |
credit |
to attribute (an accomplishment, invention, or the like) to a person. [1/12 definitions] |
crown |
the highest quality, finest attribute, or most perfect state of anything. [1/21 definitions] |
deprive |
to take a possession or attribute away from; divest of. [1/2 definitions] |
differentia |
a distinguishing character or attribute, as of one species of animal or plant in relation to others of the same genus. |
hypostasis |
in philosophy, the essence or essential attribute or principle of something. [1/4 definitions] |
impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. [1/2 definitions] |
known quantity |
(informal) a person, thing, attribute, or the like that is considered to be familiar or accepted. [1/2 definitions] |
personalize |
to attribute or apply (something general) to oneself specifically. [1/3 definitions] |
personify |
to attribute human characteristics to (a nonhuman or inanimate thing). [1/3 definitions] |
point |
a quality or attribute. [1/18 definitions] |
predicable |
that which may be asserted about something or someone; quality or attribute. [1/2 definitions] |
project |
in psychology, to attribute one's own thoughts or feelings to someone else. [1/11 definitions] |
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