ascribed; ascribing
: to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing
These poems are usually ascribed to Homer.
They ascribe most of their success to good timing and good luck.
She ascribes no importance to having a lot of money.
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ascribed their stunning military victory to good intelligence beforehand
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Another trait often ascribed to footballers is courage — the kind that enables them to put their head into a frenzy of flying boots, or take a decisive penalty when thousands are willing them to fail.
—Andy Jones, New York Times, 6 July 2025
For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.
—Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025
The nation’s 2014 coup d’etat was commonly ascribed to a desire by the nation’s elites to micromanage the transition to King Vajiralongkorn.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
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“Ascribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ascribe. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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ascribe
verb
as·cribe
ə-ˈskrīb 
ascribed; ascribing
: to think of as coming from a specified cause, source, or author
a statement ascribed to Plato
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