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Webster 1913 Edition


Attributive

At-trib′u-tive

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Adj.
[Cf. F.
attributif
.]
Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.

At-trib′u-tive

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Noun.
,
(Gram.)
A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

Webster 1828 Edition


Attributive

ATTRIB'UTIVE

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Adj.
Pertaining to or expressing an attribute.

ATTRIB'UTIVE

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Noun.
In grammar, a word significant of an attribute; as an adjective, verb or particle, which is the attribute of a substance.