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English to English noun 1. a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished  self-confidence is not an endearing property source: wordnet30
2. an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity  source: wordnet30
3. 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.  source: webster1913
verb 4. attribute or credit to  We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare|People impute great cleverness to cats source: wordnet30
5. decide as to where something belongs in a scheme  The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class source: wordnet30
6. 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).  source: webster1913
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