Hypertext Webster Gateway: "attributive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Attributive \At*trib"u*tive\, a. [Cf. F. attributif.]
Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an
attribute; of the nature of an attribute.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Attributive \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
attributive
adj : (grammar) of adjectives; placed before the nouns they
modify; "`red' is an attributive adjective in `a red
apple'" [syn: {prenominal}] [ant: {predicative}]
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