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To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.

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  1. v. t. To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.
  2. v. t. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
  3. v. attribute or credit to
  4. v:100 v attribute or credit to