(~s, ascribing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. (FORMAL)
An autopsy eventually ~d the baby’s death to sudden infant death syndrome.
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VERB: V n to n
2.
If you ~ a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it. (FORMAL)
We do not ~ a superior wisdom to government or the state.
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VERB: V n to n
3.
If you ~ something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it. (FORMAL)
He mistakenly ~s the expression ‘survival of the fittest’ to Charles Darwin.
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VERB: V n to n