ascribe

Meaning

  1. To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
  2. To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
  3. To believe in or agree with; subscribe.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈskɹaɪb/
Etymology

In summary

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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