Definition of Ascribe. Meaning of Ascribe. Synonyms of Ascribe

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Definition of Ascribe

Ascribe
Ascribe As*cribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ascribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Ascribing.] [L. ascribere, adscribere, to ascribe; ad + scribere to write: cf. OF. ascrire. See Scribe.] 1. 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. The finest [speech] that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem. --Addison. 2. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong. Syn: To Ascribe, Attribute, Impute. Usage: Attribute denotes, 1. To refer some quality or attribute to a being; as, to attribute power to God. 2. To refer something to its cause or source; as, to attribute a backward spring to icebergs off the coast. Ascribe is used equally in both these senses, but involves a different image. To impute usually denotes to ascribe something doubtful or wrong, and hence, in general literature, has commonly a bad sense; as, to impute unworthy motives. The theological sense of impute is not here taken into view. More than good-will to me attribute naught. --Spenser. Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit. --Pope. And fairly quit him of the imputed blame. --Spenser.

Meaning of Ascribe from wikipedia

- Ascribed characteristics, as used in the social sciences, refers to properties of an individual attained at birth, by inheritance, or through the aging...
- Ascribed status is a term used in sociology that refers to the social status of a person that is ****igned at birth or ****umed involuntarily later in life...
- Pesikta de-Rav Kahana (Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פסיקתא דרב כהנא) is a collection of aggadic midrash which exists in two editions, those of Salomon Buber...
- Dacianism is a Romanian term describing the tendency to ascribe, largely relying on questionable data and subjective interpretation, an idealised past...
- situational factors while preferring to describe another's behaviour by ascribing fixed dispositions to their personality. This may occur because peoples'...
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