ascribe
pronunciation
How to pronounce ascribe in British English:
UK [əˈskraɪb]
How to pronounce ascribe in American English:
US [əˈskraɪb]
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- Verb:
- attribute or credit to
Word Origin
- ascribe
- ascribe: see scribe
- ascribe (v.)
- mid-14c., ascrive, from Old French ascrivre "to inscribe; attribute, impute," from Latin ascribere "to write in, to add to in a writing," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + scribere "to write" (see script (n.)). Spelling restored by 16c. Related: Ascribed; ascribing.
Example
- 1. Don 't ascribe your failure to others .
- 2. Some ascribe that late take-off to chance .
- 3. One might ascribe these reflections purely to lily and mrs. trenor , even imagine the author is criticizing her characters for their prejudice .
- 4. To him ascribe all sin .
- 5. I would not ascribe vice to him .