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ascribe

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as·cribe  (-skrb)
tr.v. as·cribed, as·crib·ing, as·cribes
1. To attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin: "Other people ascribe his exclusion from the canon to an unsubtle form of racism" (Daniel Pinchbeck). See Synonyms at attribute.
2. To assign as a quality or characteristic: was quick to ascribe jealousy to her critics.

[Middle English ascriben, from Old French ascrivre, from Latin ascrbere : ad-, ad- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots.]

a·scriba·ble adj.

ascribe [əˈskraɪb]
vb (tr)
1. to credit or assign, as to a particular origin or period to ascribe parts of a play to Shakespeare
2. to attribute as a quality; consider as belonging to to ascribe beauty to youth
[from Latin ascrībere to enrol, from ad in addition + scrībere to write]
ascribable  adj
Usage: Ascribe is sometimes wrongly used where subscribe is meant: I do not subscribe (not ascribe) to this view
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.ascribe - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
impute - attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"
carnalize, sensualize - ascribe to an origin in sensation
credit - give someone credit for something; "We credited her for saving our jobs"
reattribute - attribute to another source
anthropomorphise, anthropomorphize - ascribe human features to something
personate, personify - attribute human qualities to something; "The Greeks personated their gods ridiculous"
credit, accredit - ascribe an achievement to; "She was not properly credited in the program"
blame, charge - attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
externalise, externalize, project - regard as objective
interiorise, interiorize, internalise, internalize - incorporate within oneself; make subjective or personal; "internalize a belief"

ascribe
verb attribute, credit, refer, charge, assign, put down, set down, impute Doctors ascribed the child's death to a hole in the heart.
Usage: Ascribe is sometimes used where subscribe is meant: I do not subscribe (not ascribe) to this view of music.
Translations
ascribe [əˈskraɪb] VT to ascribe sth to sb/sthatribuir algo a algn/algo

ascribe [əˈskraɪb] vt
to ascribe sth to sth [+ virtue, piece of work] → attribuer qch à qch; [+ blame] → imputer qch à qch

ascribe
vtzuschreiben (sth to sb jdm etw); importance, weightbeimessen (to sth einer Sache dat)

ascribe [əˈskraɪb] vt to ascribe sth to sth/sbattribuire qc a qc/qn

ascribe
v ascribe [əˈskraib]
to think of as done or caused by someone or something He ascribed his success to the help of his friends. toeskryf نَسَب إلى، عَزا إلى приписвам připsat, přičítat (někomu) tilskrive; tillægge zuschreiben αποδίδω atribuir (a) (kellegi, millegi) arvele panema نسبت دادن؛ وابسته دانستن todeta jnk johtuvan jstk attribuer (à) לְיָחֵס @@@לְייָחֵס$$$ आरोपण करना pripisivati tulajdonít menganggap eigna, kenna attribuire ~に帰する ...의 탓으로 돌리다 priskirti piedēvēt disebabkan oleh toeschrijven tillegge, tilskrive przypisywać atribuir a pune pe seama приписывать pripisovať (niekomu) pripisovati pripisati tillskriva, tillerkänna คิดว่าเป็นเหตุผล ...-e bağlamak 把...歸因於 приписувати نتیجہ خیال کرنا ، باعث جاننا gán cho; đổ tại ...


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All wise men, to decline the envy of their own virtues, use to ascribe them to Providence and Fortune; for so they may the better assume them: and, besides, it is greatness in a man, to be the care of the higher powers.
Secondly and thirdly we may ascribe the rise of the new epic to the nature of the Boeotian people and, as already remarked, to a spirit of revolt against the old epic.
If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to him?
 
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