From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishascribeas‧cribe /əˈskraɪb/ verb → ascribe something to somebody/something→ See Verb table
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ascribe• We may be quite right to ascribe agency to a child for his acts.• This effort to ascribe blame makes no sense, because the dip was too small to matter.• There seems no particular reason to ascribe economic rationality to one group and not the other.• Sammler mastered and dismissed this suspicion, ascribing it to surprise and nervousness.• We could ascribe these setbacks to the fact that our regime is young, or make other excuses.• But to ascribe this to male chauvinism wouldn't be accurate either.• Similarly, her consideration of wearing a crucifix as jewellery was linked to assumptions that individuals might ascribe to the wearer.Origin ascribe (1400-1500) Old French ascrivre, from Latin ascribere, from ad- “to” + scribere “to write” 