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1. (v.t.) ascribe
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source.
2. ascribe
to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic.
Etymology: (1375–1425; ME ascriven < MF ascrivre < L ascrībere=a-a-5+scribere to write; see scribe1)
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| Definition of 'ascribe' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) impute, ascribe, assign, attribute
attribute or credit to
"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) ascribe
to attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author
2. (verb) ascribe
to attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong
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Sense: to think of as done or caused by someone or something
He ascribed his success to the help of his friends.
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 Afrikaans: toeskryf |
 Arabic: نَسَب إلى، عَزا إلى |
 Bulgarian: приписвам |
 Brazilian: atribuir |
 Czech: připsat, přičítat (někomu |
 German: zuschreiben |
 Danish: tilskrive; tillægge |
 Greek: αποδίδω |
 Spanish: atribuir (a) |
 Estonian: (kellegi, millegi) arvele |
 Farsi: نسبت دادن؛ وابسته دانستن |
 Finnish: todeta jnk johtuvan jstk |
 French: attribuer (à) |
 Hebrew: לְיָחֵס @@@לְייָחֵס$$$ |
 Hindi: आरोपण करना |
 Croatian: pripisivati |
 Hungarian: tulajdonít |
 Indonesian: menganggap |
 Icelandic: eigna, kenna |
 Italian: attribuire |
 Japanese: ～に帰する |
 Korean: ...의 탓으로 돌리다 |
 Lithuanian: priskirti |
 Latvian: piedēvēt |
 Malay: disebabkan oleh |
 Dutch: toeschrijven |
 Norwegian: tillegge, tilskrive |
 Polish: przypisywać |
 Persian: نسبت دادن؛ وابسته دانستن |
 Pashto: نسبت ورکول، تړلی |
 Portuguese: atribuir |
 Romanian: a pune pe seama |
 Russian: приписывать |
 Slovak: pripisovať (niekomu) |
 Slovenian: pripisovati |
 Serbian: pripisati |
 Swedish: tillskriva, tillerkänna |
 Thai: คิดว่าเป็นเหตุผล |
 Turkish: ...-e bağlamak |
 Taiwanese: 把...歸因於 |
 Ukrainian: приписувати |
 Urdu: نتیجہ خیال کرنا ، باعث جا |
 Vietnamese: gán cho; đổ tại |
 Chinese: 把...归于 |
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