ascribe
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From Latin āscrībō, from ad- "to" + scrībō (“‘write’”).
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to ascribe (third-person singular simple present ascribes, present participle ascribing, simple past and past participle ascribed)
- (transitive) To attribute; to impute; to refer, as to a cause.
- (transitive) To attribute, as death to a poison.
- (transitive) To attribute an effect to the right cause.
- (transitive) To attribute a book to an author.
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to attribute; to impute
to attribute an effect to the right cause
to attribute a book to an author
[edit] External links
- ascribe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ascribe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
