attribute
noun
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
“self-confidence is not an endearing property”
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
verb
attribute or credit to
“We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”
“People impute great cleverness to cats”
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme
“The biologist assigned the mushroom to the proper class”
Synonymsassign
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University