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reattributing

reattributing is the present participle and gerund of reattribute.

Meaning of reattribute

Verb

reattribute (third-person singular simple present reattributes, present participle reattributing, simple past and past participle reattributed)

  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

Questions about reattributing

What is reattributing the present participle and gerund of?
Reattributing is the present participle and gerund of reattribute.

Words near reattributing in the dictionary

  1. reattraction
  2. reattracts
  3. reattribute
  4. reattributed
  5. reattributes
  6. reattributing
  7. reattribution
  8. reattributions
  9. reattune
  10. reattuned
  11. reattunement

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reattributing (page history and authors); reattribute (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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