Vocabulary : Attrectation to Attrition

Attrectation : Frequent handling or touching.
Attributable : Capable of being attributed; ascribable; imputable.
Attribute : To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to). ;; That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic. ;; Reputation. ;; A conventional symbol of office, character, or identity, added to any particular figure; as, a club is the attribute of Hercules. ;; Quality, etc., denoted by an attributive; an attributive adjunct or adjective.
Attributed : of Attribute
Attributing : of Attribute

Attribution : The act of attributing or ascribing, as a quality, character, or function, to a thing or person, an effect to a cause. ;; That which is ascribed or attributed.
Attributive : Attributing; pertaining to, expressing, or assigning an attribute; of the nature of an attribute. ;; A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.
Attributively : In an attributive manner.
Attrite : Rubbed; worn by friction. ;; Repentant from fear of punishment; having attrition of grief for sin; -- opposed to contrite.
Attrition : The act of rubbing together; friction; the act of wearing by friction, or by rubbing substances together; abrasion. ;; The state of being worn. ;; Grief for sin arising only from fear of punishment or feelings of shame. See Contrition.

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