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ascribe

[ uh-skrahyb ]

verb (used with object)

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.



ascribe

/ əˈ²õ°ì°ù²¹Éª²ú /

verb

  1. to credit or assign, as to a particular origin or period

    to ascribe parts of a play to Shakespeare

  2. to attribute as a quality; consider as belonging to

    to ascribe beauty to youth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Ascribe is sometimes wrongly used where subscribe is meant: I do not subscribe (not ascribe ) to this view
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Derived Forms

  • ²¹²õˈ³¦°ù¾±²ú²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹Â·²õ³¦°ù¾±²úa·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôa²õ·³¦°ù¾±²ú±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ascribe1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ²¹²õ³¦°ùÄ«²ú±ð°ù±ð, equivalent to a- a- 5 + ²õ³¦°ùÄ«²ú±ð°ù±ð to scribe 2; replacing Middle English ascrive < Middle French. See shrive
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ascribe1

C15: from Latin a²õ³¦°ùÄ«²ú±ð°ù±ð to enrol, from ad in addition + ²õ³¦°ùÄ«²ú±ð°ù±ð to write
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He ascribed it to resentment of his effort to cut fraud in government programs through DOGE.

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UN experts confirmed the use of the nerve agent sarin but they were not asked to ascribe any blame.

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Lu ascribes the game’s longevity to none other than community.

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They mistake the amorality of economic decision-making for the immorality they ascribe to their political enemies.

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Axel Rudakubana had a long-standing obsession with violence, killing and genocide, but prosecutors said there is no evidence he ascribed to any particular political or religious ideology.

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