Definition of Atributive
At*trib"u*tive (&?;), a. [Cf. F.
attributif.] Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or
assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute.
At*trib"u*tive, n., (Gram.) A
word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an
adjective or adjective phrase.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (grammar) A word or phrase, such as an adjective, that is placed adjacent to the noun it modifies without a linking verb
- Thus black and white in the black and white dog, or Bengal in the Bengal tiger
- (grammar) of, or being an attributive (as above)
- having the nature of an attribute
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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