ALL meanings of attributer
at·trib·ute
A a - noun attributer Lb rare One who attributes; an imputer. 1
- verb with object attributer to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed by to): She attributed his bad temper to ill health. 1
- verb with object attributer to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated: He attributed intelligence to his colleagues. 1
- verb with object attributer to consider as made by the one indicated, especially with strong evidence but in the absence of conclusive proof: to attribute a painting to an artist. 1
- verb with object attributer to regard as produced by or originating in the time, period, place, etc., indicated; credit; assign: to attribute a work to a particular period; to attribute a discovery to a particular country. 1
- noun attributer something attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.; a quality, character, characteristic, or property: Sensitivity is one of his attributes. 1
- noun attributer something used as a symbol of a particular person, office, or status: A scepter is one of the attributes of a king. 1
- noun attributer Grammar. a word or phrase that is syntactically subordinate to another and serves to limit, identify, particularize, describe, or supplement the meaning of the form with which it is in construction. In the red house, red is an attribute of house. 1
- noun attributer Fine Arts. an object associated with or symbolic of a character, office, or quality, as the keys of St. Peter or the lion skin of Hercules. 1
- noun attributer Philosophy. (in the philosophy of Spinoza) any of the essential qualifications of God, thought and extension being the only ones known. Compare mode1 (def 4b). 1
- noun attributer Logic. (in a proposition) that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject. 1
- noun attributer Obsolete. distinguished character; reputation. 1
- noun attributer (rare) One who attributes; an imputer. 0