"ascribe" meaning in English

See ascribe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /əˈskraɪb/ [UK, US] Audio: en-au-ascribe.ogg [Australia] Forms: ascribe [canonical], ascribes [third-person, singular], ascribed [past], ascribed [past, participle], ascribing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|ascrib|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
    Sense id: simple-ascribe-en-verb-QNioskDB
  2. To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a specific writer or painter or creator.
    Sense id: simple-ascribe-en-verb-tvrUhVUH
     
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