attribute

Noun

• an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity

• a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
  • self-confidence is not an endearing property
    

Verb

• decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
  • The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class
    

• attribute or credit to
  • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
    
  • People impute great cleverness to cats
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  property , dimension , assign , impute , ascribe