something to someone [phrasal verb] [+ object +object] - to consider (something) to be caused, created or possessed by (someone or something); to attribute toTo what do you ascribe the phenomenal success of your new album, Lloyd?After years of research, scholars have finally ascribed this anonymous play to Christopher Marlowe.People like to ascribe human feelings to animals (= believe animals have human feelings).
ASCRIBE
Meaning of ASCRIBE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012