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Ascribe

ASCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin ascribo, of ad and scribo, to write.]

1. To attribute, impute, or set to, as to a cause; to assign, as effect to a cause; as, losses are often to be ascribed to imprudence.

2. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong; as, to ascribe perfection to God, or imperfection to man. [[Job 36#3|Job 36:3]]. [[Psalms 68#34|Psalms 68:34]]. [[1 Samuel 18#8|1 Samuel 18:8]].