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