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ascribe
to attribute something to a particular cause, source, or person
Synonyms
- attribute
- impute
- assign
Antonyms
- dissociate
- disconnect
- separate
ascribe in a sentence
Historians ascribe the settlement's decline to years of severe drought.
The coach refused to ascribe the victory to luck, citing months of disciplined practice.
Where it comes from
From Latin ascribere, meaning 'to add in writing or attribute.'
Memory hook
ASCRIBE sounds like 'assign by a scribe': ascribe something by assigning it to a source.
Read it in context
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