ASCRIBE meaning: Attribute something to a cause

We found 25 dictionaries that define the word ascribe:

General (21 matching dictionaries)

ascribe: Merriam-Webster.com
ascribe: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
ascribe: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
ascribe: Collins English Dictionary
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ascribe: Wiktionary
ascribe: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
ascribe: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
ascribe: Infoplease Dictionary
ascribe: Dictionary.com
ascribe: Online Etymology Dictionary
ascribe: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Ascribe: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
ascribe: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
ascribe: Rhymezone
ascribe: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
ascribe: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ascribe: Free Dictionary
ascribe: Mnemonic Dictionary
ascribe: Dictionary/thesaurus

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ascribe: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

ascribe: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (1 matching dictionary)

ascribe: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ascribe)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
▸ verb:  (nonstandard, with to) To believe in or agree with; subscribe.

Opposite:

impute

Types:

attribute, attribute to, more...

Phrases:

ascribe to, ascribe to conspiracy theories, to ascribe, more...

Adjectives:

many, vulgar, public, adroit, french, uninitiated, unlearned, present, great, former, old

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