Definitions
attribute or credit to
Word origin
From Middle English ascriben, from Old French ascrivre (“inscribe, attribute, impute”), from Latin āscrībere (“to state in writing”), equivalent to a- + scribe.
Used in a sentence
“One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.”
“Difficult running was ascribed by the driver to inferior coal, alleged to be Polish.”
“It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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