Contents
-AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class I. Words Expressing Abstract Relations
Section VIII. Causation
1. Constancy of Sequence in Events
155. [Assignment of Cause.] Attribution.
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NOUN: | ATTRIBUTION, theory, ascription, assignment, reference to, rationale; accounting for &c. v.; ætiology or etiology, palætiology, imputation, derivation from. FILIATION, affiliation; filiality; pedigree (paternity) [See Paternity]. EXPLANATION (interpretation) [See Interpretation]; reason why (cause) [See Cause].
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VERB: | ATTRIBUTE TO, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to; blame; blame upon [colloq.]; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at the door of, father upon, saddle, filiate, affiliate; account for, derive from, point out the reason [See Cause]; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse; find the real culprit.
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ADJECTIVE: | ATTRIBUTED &c. v.; attributable &c. v.; referable or referrible; due to, derivable from; affiliate, derivate [rare]; owing to (effect) [See Effect]; putative; ecbatic.
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ADVERB: | HENCE, thence, therefore, for, since, on account of, because, owing to; on that account; from this cause, from that cause; thanks to, forasmuch as; whence, propter hoc [L.]. WHY? wherefore? whence? how comes it? how is it? how happens it? how come? [colloq., esp. negro], how does it happen? how so? IN SOME WAY, in some such way; somehow, somehow or other.
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QUOTATIONS: | - That is why.
- Hinc illæ lachrymæ.—Horace
- Cherchez la femme.
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