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as·cribe    Audio Help   [uh-skrahyb] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -cribed, -crib·ing.
1.to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
2.to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic: They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L ascrībere, equiv. to a- a-5 + scrībere to scribe2; r. ME ascrive < MF. See shrive]

—Related forms
a·scrib·a·ble, adjective

—Synonyms 1. See attribute.
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  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source
Main Entry:  attribute
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To regard as belonging to or resulting from another.
Synonyms:  accredit, assign, charge, credit, impute, lay, refer
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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