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ascribe(dictionary)

ascribe (iou)



ascribe verb trans. Branch I orig. also ascrive. ME.
[Latin ascribere, from ad AS-1 + scribere write; forms in -v- from Old French ascriv- stem of ascrire from Italian ascrivere.]
I.
Assign or impute to someone or something as an action, effect, product, etc., or as a quality, characteristic, or property (rarely in a material sense). ME.
R. W. Emerson There is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences. J. N. Lockyer The invention of clocks is variously ascribed to the sixth and ninth centuries. J. Conrad I ascribed this behaviour to her shocked modesty. A. Koestler You ascribe to me an opinion which I do not hold. W. Styron Most of the mischief ascribed to the military has been wrought with the advice and consent of civil authority.
Reckon up, count. LME-E17.
II.
Enrol, register. LME-L17.
Dedicate, inscribe, to. Only in M16.
Subjoin (one's name); subjoin one's name to. E-M17.
ascribable adjective able to be ascribed; attributable: M17.