Ascribe

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Ascribed ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Ascribing.] The finest [speech] that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem. - Addison.
	2.	To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong. More than good-will to me attribute naught. - Spenser. Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit. - Pope. And fairly quit him of the imputed blame. - Spenser.

Verb

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ascribe - attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats" Synonyms: attribute, impute, assign

accredit, adduce, advance, affix, allege, apply, assign, attach, attach to, charge, cite, conjecture, connect with, credit, fasten, fix, give, guess, impute, lay, pin on, place, put, refer, saddle, surmise