ascribe
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verb (used with object), as·cribed, as·crib·ing.
1.
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
2.
to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic: They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to credit or assign, as to a particular origin or period: to ascribe parts of a play to Shakespeare |
| 2. | to attribute as a quality; consider as belonging to: to ascribe beauty to youth |
| [C15: from Latin ascrībere to enrol, from ad in addition + scrībere to write] | |
| usage Ascribe is sometimes wrongly used where subscribe is meant: I do not subscribe (not ascribe) to this view | |
| as'cribable | |
| —adj | |
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Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | ascribe1 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to infer or conjecture ownership; to consider as belonging to |
| Etymology: | Latin ad- + scribere 'to write' |
| Usage: | transitive; used with to |
| Main Entry: | ascribe2 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to attribute to a cause or source |
| Etymology: | Latin ad- + scribere 'to write' |
| Usage: | transitive; used with to |
| Main Entry: | ascribe3 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to write into; to add in writing |
| Etymology: | Latin ad- + scribere 'to write' |
| Usage: | transitive; used with to |
| Main Entry: | ascribe4 |
| Part of Speech: | v |
| Definition: | to count; to enter into an account |
| Etymology: | Latin ad- + scribere 'to write' |
| Usage: | transitive; used with to |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
ascribe
mid-14c., ascrive, from O.Fr. ascrivre "to attribute, inscribe," from L. ascribere "to write in, to add to in a writing," from ad- "to" + scribere "to write" (see script). Spelling restored 16c.
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Example sentences
It is not a conclusion that the death stemmed from a criminal act nor does it ascribe criminal liability.
Perhaps you should not be so quick to ascribe motives.
We often ascribe malicious behavior to that which jolts our sense of self-worth.
We can ascribe all sorts of qualities to it, without really even being sure it exists.
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