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ascription

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as·crip·tion

   [uh-skrip-shuhn]
noun
1.
the act of ascribing.
2.
a statement ascribing something, especially praise to the Deity.
Also, adscription.

Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin ascrīptiōn- (stem of ascrīptiō) a written addition. See a-5, script, -ion
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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ascription or adscription (əˈskrɪpʃən, ədˈskrɪpʃən)
 
—n
1.  the act of ascribing
2.  a statement ascribing something to someone, esp praise to God
 
[C16: from Latin ascrīptiō, from ascrībere to ascribe]
 
adscription or adscription
 
—n
 
[C16: from Latin ascrīptiō, from ascrībere to ascribe]

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ascription
c.1600, "attribution of authorship or origin," from L. ascriptionem (nom. ascriptio), noun of action from ascriptus, pp. of ascribere (see ascribe).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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