Phrasal Verbs
to consider or state that a book, etc. was written by a particular person synonym attribute This play is usually ascribed to Shakespeare.
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- 1to consider that something is caused by a particular thing or person He ascribed his failure to bad luck.
- 2to consider that someone or something has, or should have, a particular quality We ascribe great importance to these policies. synonym attribute