attribute

nouns

a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
"self-confidence is not an endearing property"
attribute, dimension, property
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
attribute
is a type of (narrower)
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples
abstract entity, abstraction

verbs

attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
ascribe, assign, attribute, impute
is derived from
attributable
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
"The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class"
assign, attribute
is derived from
attribution