ascribe.
To regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
Meaning & usage
To regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
To attribute (a book, painting, or any other work of art or literature) to a writer or creator.
It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.
To believe in or agree with; to subscribe.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English ascriben, from Old French ascrivre (“inscribe, attribute, impute”), from Latin āscrībere (“to state in writing”), equivalent to a- + scribe.
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