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attributive(dictionary)

attributive (iou)



attributive adjective & noun. E17.
[French attributif, -ive, from attribut: see ATTRIBUTE noun, -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Characterized by attributing. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Logic. That assigns an attribute to a subject. M19.
Grammar. That expresses an attribute; spec. (opp. predicative) designating adjectives (or their equivalents) that premodify or occas. immediately follow nouns (e.g. old in the old dog, a dog old in years, but not in the dog is old). M19.
Of a work of art etc.: that is such by attribution. M19.
b. noun. Grammar. An attributive word or phrase. M18.
attributively adverb M19.