Ascribe (verb)
as-krihb
To credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute.
1400–50; late Middle English from Latin ascrībere, equivalent to scrībere to scribe; replacing Middle English ascrive from Middle French. See shrive
Example sentences
“If you go around defending white supremacists, don’t be surprised if people ascribe Nazism to you. ”
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