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Ascribe: meaning, example and synonyms

Ascribev. To regard something as caused by, belonging to, or created by a particular source.

Flashcard for Ascribe (verb): to regard something as caused by, belonging to, or created by a particular source. Example: Earlier scholars ascribed the anonymous treatise to a single author, but stylistic analysis now suggests that several writers contributed to it. Synonyms: attribute, credit, assign, impute. Antonyms: disclaim, dissociate, deny. Memory tip: a + scribe (write): write a source's name beside the deed. Illustration: an art expert in a gallery holding a magnifying glass up to an unsigned landscape painting while comparing it with a similar painting on an easel beside it. The painting has no signature, initials or writing..

Example

Earlier scholars ascribed the anonymous treatise to a single author, but stylistic analysis now suggests that several writers contributed to it.

Part of speech
verb
Synonyms
attribute, credit, assign, impute
Antonyms
disclaim, dissociate, deny
Memory tip
a + scribe (write): write a source's name beside the deed.

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Question 1

Early physicians ______ the disease to bad air rising from swamps, an explanation that persisted until researchers identified the mosquitoes that actually spread it.

Question 2

Historians are cautious about ______ the poem to any single author, since its varied dialects suggest it was revised by many hands.

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