(~d)
1.
If you ~ something to an event or situation, you think that it was caused by that event or situation.
Women tend to ~ their success to external causes such as luck.
= ascribe
VERB: V n to n
2.
If you ~ a particular quality or feature to someone or something, you think that they have got it.
People were beginning to ~ superhuman qualities to him.
= ascribe
VERB: V n to n
3.
If a piece of writing, a work of art, or a remark is ~d to someone, people say that they wrote it, created it, or said it.
This, and the remaining frescoes, are not ~d to Giotto.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed to n
4.
An ~ is a quality or feature that someone or something has.
Cruelty is a normal ~ of human behaviour...
= characteristic
N-COUNT: usu with supp