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ascribe

asc·ribe

UK/əˈskɹaɪb/ US/ʌˈskraɪb/ fairly common

verb

1.

attribute or credit to

  • “We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare”
  • “People impute great cleverness to cats”
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From Middle English ascriben, from Old French ascrivre (“inscribe, attribute, impute”), from Latin āscrībere (“to state in writing”), equivalent to a- + scribe.

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