"ascriptive" meaning in English

See ascriptive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ascriptive (not comparable)
  1. ascribing; relating to ascription Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: ascriptively Translations (Translations): askriptiv (German)
    Sense id: en-ascriptive-en-adj-1~xHSLdt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 69 31

Noun

Forms: ascriptives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ascriptive (plural ascriptives)
  1. The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
    Sense id: en-ascriptive-en-noun-gsYtcuWN

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2018, Jenefer Robinson, Music and Meaning, page 210",
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