Definitions for ascribe
əˈskraɪbas·cribe

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. impute, ascribe, assign, attribute(verb)

   attribute or credit to

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

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ascribe(Verb)

   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. ascribe(Verb)

   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.

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

Webster Dictionary(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ascribe(verb)

   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. Ascribe(verb)

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.]

Anagrams for ascribe »

1. Brescia, carbies

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. John M. Barrie:

   Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.

2. Napoleon (Hanlon’s Razor):

   Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence.

3. W. Somerset Maugham:

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

4. Ben Carson:

   People tend to ascribe to Adventism any weird thing they have heard about religion because they don't really know, adventism believes the entirety of the Bible.

5. Emeasoba George:

   Make something of true love i.e. give/ascribe a specified amount of your time/attention/importance towards true love/loving anyone/everyone you meet/come across.

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