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as·cribe
 ascribe
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- pronunciation:
skraIb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
ascribes, ascribing, ascribed |
| definition 1: |
to attribute (something) to a particular cause or source.
I ascribed her nervousness to the fact that her exams were coming up.The invention of the radio is often ascribed to Guglielmo Marconi.- synonyms:
- attribute, impute
- similar words:
- accredit, arrogate, attach, chalk up
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| definition 2: |
to consider as belonging, esp. as a characteristic or trait.
I wrongly ascribed honesty to this man, and I paid a terrible price for it.- synonyms:
- attribute
- similar words:
- accredit, arrogate, associate, connect, lay, link
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| related words: |
affix, attribute |
adverb + (v.)ascribe
commonly, elsewhere, firmly, frequently, generally, incorrectly, normally, often, readily, traditionally, typically
(v.)ascribe
+ adverb
mainly, part, solely, universally
(v.)ascribe
+ noun
attribute,
behavior,
belief,
blame,
cause,
character,
characteristic,
consciousness,
date,
dignity,
divinity,
evaluation,
failure,
flag,
function,
gender,
identity,
ideology,
importance,
impulse,
influence,
intent,
intention,
interpretation,
label,
lack,
malevolence,
motivation,
motive,
origin,
personality,
phenomenon,
power,
property,
quality,
responsibility,
rise,
sexuality,
significance,
status,
success,
symptom,
trait,
value,
variation,
virtue
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| derivation: |
ascribable (adj.) |
The word ascribe
contains the following parts:
a-3
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix a-3 occurs in Latin and Old French loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad-, which, in Latin loanwords, is used before roots beginning with "s" and another consonant, such as "spect" and "scrib." See ad-.
Example words:
scrib, script
Latin
root
that means to write
Example words:
ascribe, ascription, circumscribe, conscript, conscription, describe, description, descriptive, escritoire, imprescriptible, indescribable, inscribe, inscription, manuscript, nondescript, oversubscribe, postscript, prescribe, prescript, prescriptible, prescription, prescriptive, proscribe, proscription, rescript, scribal, scribble, scribbler, scribe1, scrip, script, scriptorium, scriptural, Scripture, scriptwriter, scrivener, subscribe, subscript, subscription, superscribe, superscript, transcribe, transcript, transcriptase, typescript
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