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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Attribution \At`tri*bu"tion\, n. [L. attributio: cf. F.
attribution.]
1. The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality,
character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to
a cause.
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2. That which is ascribed or attributed.
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