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as·cribe (ə skrīb′)

transitive verb ascribed -·cribed′, ascribing -·crib′·ing

  1. to assign (something) to a supposed cause; impute; attribute
  2. to regard (something) as belonging to or coming from someone poems that were ascribed to Homer

Etymology: ME ascriben (also ascriven < OFr ascriv-, stem of ascrire) < L ascribere < ad-, to + scribere, to write: see scribe

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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