ascribe to
phrasal verbascribe something to somebody
- to consider or state that a book, etc. was written by a particular person synonym attribute
- This play is usually ascribed to Shakespeare.
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ascribe something to somebody/something (formal)
- to consider that something is caused by a particular thing or person
- He ascribed his failure to bad luck.
- to consider that somebody/something has or should have a particular quality synonym attribute
- We ascribe great importance to these policies.