ascribe

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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.

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.

to assign as a quality or attribute
{v} to attribute, impate, assign
To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong
{f} attribute to, charge to
To attribute, as death to a poison
To attribute an effect to the right cause
To attribute a book to an author
To attribute; to impute; to refer, as to a cause
attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
If you ascribe something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it. He mistakenly ascribes the expression `survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin. = attribute
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
If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it. We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state. = attribute
If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome. = attribute
ascribe to
assign to, attribute to
ascribable
referable
ascribable
{a} that may be ascribed or imputed
Ascribed
ascriptitious
ascribable
Able to be ascribed
ascribable
Capable of being ascribed; attributable
ascribable
{s} attributable, assignable, chargeable, imputable
ascribable
(usually followed by `to') able to be assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"; "decide to which of these motives such extraordinary scenes are referable"- Charles Dickens
ascribed
past of ascribe
ascribes
third-person singular of ascribe
ascribing
{i} attribution, reference, assigning
ascribing
present participle of ascribe
ascribe
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