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reattribute en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + attribute.

Meanings

1. To change the attribution of; to give credit to someone else for a deed.
   • A magnificent picture of a falcon, long attributed to the 14th-century Chinese animal painter Xu Ze, has recently been reattributed to the 16th-century Korean painter Yi Am, partly on the basis of a seal stamped on the picture's surface. 2009 March 20, Holland Cotter, “Treasures at a Korean Crossroad”, in New York Times:

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