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   ascribe

   /əˈskrʌɪb/

   verb

   • 1. regard something as being due to (a cause): "he ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach"
   • ▪ regard a text, quotation, or work of art as being produced by or belonging to (a particular person or period): "a quotation ascribed to Thomas Cooper"
   • ▪ regard a quality as belonging to: "tough-mindedness is a quality commonly ascribed to top bosses"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin ascribere, from ad- ‘to’ + scribere ‘write’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ascribable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

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