ascribe

Verb

Meaning

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.

To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

attribute impute ant place put project account refer credit lay assign attach pertain reassign accredit
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Antonyms

swindle assist deliver facilitate sustain relieve
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Hypernyms

judge evaluate pass judgment

Hyponyms

project charge credit blame personify externalize

Related terms

ascription ascriptive

Phrases with the word

to ascribe

Derivatives

ascribed Ascribing

Anagrams

Brescia

Examples

Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own. J. M. Barrie

Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it. The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe it to be. Being alive is the meaning. Joseph Campbell

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. Napoleon Bonaparte

Moreover, a true Christian will not ascribe any prosperity to his own diligence, industry, or good fortune, but he will acknowledge that God is the author of it. John Calvin

We suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them! Maimonides

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while. Candice Bergen

Close letter words and terms

Ascra Ascran ascribable ascribed status ascript ascription