ASCRIBE


Meaning of ASCRIBE in English

■ verb ( ~ something to ) attribute something to (a cause, person, or period).

↘regard a quality as belonging to.

Derivatives

ascribable adjective

ascription noun

Origin

ME: from L. ~re , from ad- 'to' + scribere 'write'.

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