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What (who) is Ascribe - definition
ascribe
(ascribes, ascribing, ascribed)
1.
If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. (FORMAL)
An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.
= attribute
VERB: V n to n
2.
If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it. (FORMAL)
We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state.
= attribute
VERB: V n to n
3.
If you ascribe something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it. (FORMAL)
He mistakenly ascribes the expression 'survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin.
= attribute
VERB: V n to n
Ascribe
·vt To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
II. Ascribe ·vt To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an Author.
ascribe
¦ verb (ascribe something to) attribute something to (a cause, person, or period).
?regard a quality as belonging to.
Derivatives
ascribable adjective
ascription noun
Origin
ME: from L. ascribere, from ad- 'to' + scribere 'write'.
Examples of use of Ascribe
1. People love to ascribe compelling complexities to what they eat and drink.
2. Fuis would not ascribe the searing temperatures to the effects of global warming.
3. Nor did it seek to ascribe responsibility outside of the narrow confines of the criminal law.
4. Conspiracy theorists tend to ascribe the worst of motives to their political opponents.
5. Many Pashtuns ascribe to a hard–line religious worldview that leaves little space for artistic expression.