Please do not ascribe that attitude to my friends.
•We ascribed the offensive action to Jill and only Jill.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
ascribe to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms ascribe to : present tense I/you/we/they ascribe to he/she/it ascribes to present participle ascribing to past tense ascribed to past participle ascribed to formal 1) ascribe something to something to believe… … English dictionary
ascribe — as|cribe [ ə skraıb ] verb a scribe to phrasal verb transitive FORMAL 1. ) ascribe something to something to believe something is the cause of something else: Their defeat was ascribed to a poor defense. 2. ) ascribe something to… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ascribe — [[t]əskra͟ɪb[/t]] ascribes, ascribing, ascribed 1) VERB If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. [FORMAL] [V n to n] An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby s death to… … English dictionary
ascribe — [ə skrīb′] vt. ascribed, ascribing [ME ascriben (also ascriven < OFr ascriv , stem of ascrire) < L ascribere < ad , to + scribere, to write: see SCRIBE] 1. to assign (something) to a supposed cause; impute; attribute 2. to regard… … English World dictionary
ascribe — ascribe, attribute, impute, assign, refer, credit, accredit, charge mean to lay something (creditable, discreditable, or neutral) to the account of a person or thing. The first four of these words are often used interchangeably without marked… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
ascribe — verb ascribe sth to sb/sth phrasal verb (T) formal 1 to believe that something happens or exists because of someone or something else: The melody is ascribed to Bach. | They ascribe the country s difficulties to the last government s policies. 2… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ascribe — as|cribe [əˈskraıb] v ascribe to / [ascribe sth to sb/sth] phr v [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: ascrivre, from Latin ascribere, from ad to + scribere to write ] 1.) to claim that something is caused by a particular person, situation etc… … Dictionary of contemporary English
ascribe — verb /əˈskraɪb/ a) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something. One may ascribe these problems to the federal government, however at this stage it is unclear what caused them. b) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art … Wiktionary
credit someone with something — Syn: ascribe something to someone, attribute something to someone … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
pin something on someone — Syn: blame for, hold responsible for, attribute to, ascribe to, lay something at someone s door; informal stick on … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
pin something on someone — idi Informal. to ascribe the blame or guilt for something to a person … From formal English to slang
