ATTRIBUTE

Definitions

1. 1. 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. But mercy is above this sceptered away; . . . It is an attribute to God himself. Shak.
2. 2. Reputation. [Poetic] Shak.
3. 3. A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules.
4. 4. Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.