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Complete Definition of "ascribe"

English

Etymology
From Latin ascribere, from ad- "to" + scribere "to write"

Pronunciation
IPA|RP /��skraɪb/

Verb
en-verb|ascrib|ing

  1. transitive To attribute; to impute; to refer, as to a cause.
  2. transitive To attribute, as death to a poison.
  3. transitive To attribute an effect to the right cause.
  4. transitive To attribute a book to an author.

Derived terms
ascribable

Related terms
ascription
ascriptive

Translations

Dutch: toeschrijven
mid

Webster

fr:ascribe
io:ascribe
it:ascribe
fi:ascribe
te:ascribe
vi:ascribe

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