English Explanatory Dictionary

ascribe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
  2. To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator.
  3. To believe in or agree with; to subscribe.

Pronunciation

/əˈskɹaɪb/ en-au-ascribe.ogg

Word forms

ascribe ascribes ascribing ascribed

Etymology

From Middle English ascriben, from Old French ascrivre (“inscribe, attribute, impute”), from Latin āscrībere (“to state in writing”), equivalent to a- + scribe.

Synonyms

accredit ascribe attach attribute chalk up to charge draw impute lay put down to repose

Related words

ascription ascriptive

Derived words

ascribable misascribe self-ascribed unascribed
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