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as⋅crip⋅tive

  [uh-skrip-tiv]
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–adjective
pertaining to, involving, or indicating ascription, esp. the attribution of qualities or characteristics.
Origin:
1640–50; ascript(ion) + -ive; cf. L a(d)scrīptīvus supernumerary, descriptive, proscriptive

Related forms:
as⋅crip⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
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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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