PHRASALVERBS
ascribe sth to sb to consider or state that a book, etc. was written by a particular person
SYNATTRIBUTE:
This play is usually ascribed to Shakespeare.
ascribe sth to sb/sth (formal)
1 to consider that sth is caused by a particular thing or person:
He ascribed his failure to bad luck.
2 to consider that sb/sth has or should have a particular quality:
We ascribe great importance to these policies.
SYNATTRIBUTE
ascribable adjective ~ to sb/sth:
Their success is ascribable to the quality of their goods.
ascription sth(:
the ascription of meaning to objects and events
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is ascribe a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ascribe is tagged as verb.
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