ascribe
[verb]
Synonyms: attribute, assign, charge, credit, impute, put down, refer, set down

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Related Words: attach (to), connect (with), fix (on or upon), pin (on), saddle (on or upon or with), affix, fasten, conjecture, guess, surmise, adduce, advance, allege, cite

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as‧cribe /əˈskraɪb/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: ascrivre, from Latin ascribere, from ad- 'to' + scribere 'to write']
ascribe something to somebody/something phrasal verb written

1. to claim that something is caused by a particular person, situation etc:
The report ascribes the rise in childhood asthma to the increase in pollution.

2. to claim that something has been written, said, made etc by a particular person:
a quotation that’s often been ascribed to Marilyn Monroe

3. to believe that something or someone has a particular quality:
Local people ascribe healing properties to this fruit.
—ascribable adjective:
Most of the accidents were ascribable to the bad weather.

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