REATTRIBUTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reattribute mean? 

• REATTRIBUTE (verb)
  The verb REATTRIBUTE has 1 sense:

1. attribute to another source

  Familiarity information: REATTRIBUTE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REATTRIBUTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reattribute    ... he / she / it reattributes   
Past simple: reattributed   
Past participle: reattributed   
-ing form: reattributing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Attribute to another source

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "reattribute" is one way to...):

ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody