Definitions for ascribe
əˈskraɪbas·cribe

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. impute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb

   attribute or credit to

   "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ascribeverb

   To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.

   One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.

2. ascribeverb

   To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.

   It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.

3. Etymology: From ascrivre, from ascribo, from ad + scribo, from skrep-. Cognate with screpan. More at at, scrape.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ASCRIBEverb

   Etymology: ascribe, Lat.

   1. To attribute to as a cause.

   The cause of his banishment is unknown, because he was unwilling to provoke the emperor, by ascribing it to any other reason than what was pretended. Dryden.

   To this we may justly ascribe those envies, jealousies, and encroachments, which render mankind uneasy to one another. John Rogers, Sermons.

   2. To attribute to as a possessor, or substance receiving accidents.

   These perfections must be somewhere, and therefore may much better be ascribed to God, in whom we suppose all other perfections to meet, than to any thing else. John Tillotson.

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1. ascribe

   To ascribe is to attribute or assign something to a particular cause, source, or origin. It can also mean to regard a quality as belonging to or coming from a specific person, object, or circumstance.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. Ascribeverb

   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. Ascribeverb

   to attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ascribe

   a-skrīb′, v.t. to attribute, impute, or assign.—adj. Ascrib′able.—n. Ascrip′tion, act of ascribing or imputing: any expression of ascribing, or any formula for such, like the one ascribing glory to God repeated at the end of a sermon. [L. ascribĕre, -scriptum—ad, to, scrib-ĕre, to write.]

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1. Brescia

2. carbies

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ascribe in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ascribe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of ascribe in a Sentence

1. Kathleen Dracup:

   A common response to that anxiety is denial, which leads the individuals experiencing symptoms, as well as their loved ones, to dismiss the symptoms as normal. . . or ascribe them to something else( e.g. fatigue from recent exercise).

2. Brendan Hunt:

   I might have said a racial slur once or twice other times in my life. But that's not something that I believe, that's not something that I ascribe to. And it was said to kind of get a rise out of him and get him mad at me almost to see if he would even criticize me in any way.

3. W. Somerset Maugham:

   I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.

4. Howard Schultz:

   I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

5. Flavio Volpe:

   On President Trump’s on actually hurting Mexico with tariffs, “That might be his play, if we can ascribe any sophistication to it. That’s a big if, because he may just be insane.”

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ascribe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ascribe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ascribe
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ascribe
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ascribe