— ascribable , adj.
/euh skruyb"/ , v.t., ascribed, ascribing .
1. to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
2. to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic: They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic.
[ 1400-50; late ME ascribere, equiv. to a- A- 5 + scribere to SCRIBE 2 ; r. ME ascrive ]
Syn. 1. See attribute .