Synonyms for attribute

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attribute implies assignment of a quality, factor, or responsibility that may reasonably be regarded as applying or belonging to someone or something to attribute an error to carelessness; ascribe implies assignment of something that may reasonably be deduced to ascribe a motive to someone; impute usually implies the assignment of something unfavorable or accusatory to impute evil to someone; assign, in this comparison, implies the placement of something in a particular category because of some quality or characteristic attributed to it to assign a poem to the 17th century; credit implies belief in the possession of some quality or the responsibility for some action, often of a commendable nature to credit someone with intelligence; attach implies the connection of something with something else as being appropriate to it different people attach different meanings to words