1. (v.t.)attribute to regard as resulting from a specified cause: She attributes his bad temper to ill health.
2. attribute to consider as a quality or characteristic of the person, thing, group, etc., indicated: to attribute intelligence to one's colleagues.
3. attribute to regard as made or produced by or originating in the person, time, place, etc., indicated: to attribute a painting to an artist.
4. (n.)attribute a quality, character, characteristic, or property attributed as belonging to a person, thing, group, etc.
5. attribute an object associated with a character, office, or quality, as the lion skin of Hercules.
6. attribute a subordinate word or phrase that serves to limit, particularize, or supplement the meaning of another: In the red house, red is an attribute of house.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L attribūtus, ptp. of attribuere to allot, assign, attribute)
Definition of 'attribute'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)property, attribute, dimension a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished "self-confidence is not an endearing property"
2. (verb)attribute an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
3. (verb)impute, ascribe, assign, attribute attribute or credit to "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
4. (verb)assign, attribute decide as to where something belongs in a scheme "The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
4. (noun)attribute quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective
5. (verb)attribute 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)
Definitions of attribute 
Afrikaans: toeskryf
Arabic: يَنْسُب إلى
Bulgarian: приписвам
Brazilian: atribuir
Czech: přisuzovat
German: zuschreiben
Danish: tillægge; tilskrive
Greek: αποδίδω
Spanish: atribuir
Estonian: omistama
Farsi: نسبت دادن؛ منتسب کردن به
Finnish: yhdistää henkilöön
French: attribuer (à)
Hebrew: לְיַחֵס @@@לְייַחֵס$$$
Hindi: श्रेय देना
Croatian: pripisati
Hungarian: tulajdonít
Indonesian: dianggap dibuat (oleh)
Icelandic: eigna
Italian: attribuire
Japanese: ～のものとする
Korean: ...의 작품으로 생각하다
Lithuanian: priskirti
Latvian: piedēvēt
Malay: dianggap
Dutch: toeschrijven
Norwegian: tillegge, tilskrive
Polish: przypisywać
Persian: نسبت دادن؛ منتسب کردن به
Pashto: نسبت ورکول، منسوب کول له
Portuguese: atribuir
Romanian: a atribui
Russian: приписывать
Slovak: prisúdiť, pripísať
Slovenian: pripisovati (komu)
Serbian: pripisati
Swedish: tiilskriva, tillerkänna
Thai: ถือว่าเป็นของ
Turkish: mal etmek, tarafından yar
Taiwanese: 認為...是某人所寫/為
Ukrainian: приписувати
Urdu: منسوب کرنا
Vietnamese: gán cho là
Chinese: 认为...是某人所写（为）
