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as⋅crip⋅tion

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


Origin:
1590–1600; < L ascrīptiōn- (s. of ascrīptiō) a written addition. See a- 5 , script, -ion
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as·crip·tion   (ə-skrĭp'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of ascribing.

  2. A statement that ascribes.


[Latin ascrīptiō, ascrīptiōn-, addendum, from ascrīptus, past participle of ascrībere, to ascribe; see ascribe.]
as·crip'tive adj.
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