Ascribes

as;cribe pronunciation: function: transitive verb inflected form(s): as;cribed; as;crib;ingetymology: middle english, from latin ascribere, from ad- + scribere to write — more at scribedate: 15th century : to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author— as;crib;able adjective synonyms ascribe, attribute, assign, impute, credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing. ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship lt;forged paintings formerly ascribed to mastersgt;. attribute suggests less tentativeness than ascribe , less definiteness than assign lt;attributed to rembrandt but possibly done by an associategt;. assign implies ascribing with certainty or after deliberation lt;assigned the bones to the cretaceous periodgt;. impute suggests ascribing something that brings discredit by way of accusation or blame lt;tried to impute sinister motives to my actionsgt;. credit implies ascribing a thing or especially an action to a person or other thing as its agent, source, or explanation lt;credited his teammates for his successgt;.