Associations to the word «Ascribe»

Wiktionary

ASCRIBE, verb. (transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
ASCRIBE, verb. (transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.

Dictionary definition

ASCRIBE, verb. Attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky