Ascribe (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object), as·cribed, as·crib·ing.
  1. to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
  2. to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic: They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic.
verb (tr)
  1. to credit or assign, as to a particular origin or period
  2. to attribute as a quality; consider as belonging to
Ascribe (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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