Synonyms for ascribe
əˈskraɪbas·cribe

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1. ascribeverb

   We may attribute to a person either that which belongs to him or that which we merely suppose to be his. We attribute to God infinite power. We may attribute a wrong intent to an innocent person. We may attribute a result, rightly or wrongly, to a certain cause; in such case, however, attribute carries always a concession of uncertainty or possible error. Where we are quite sure, we simply refer a matter to the cause or class to which it belongs or ascribe to one what is surely his, etc. Many diseases formerly attributed to witchcraft are now referred to the action of micro-organisms. We may attribute a matter in silent thought; we ascribe anything openly in speech or writing; King Saul said of the singing women, "They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands." We associate things which may have no necessary or causal relation; as, we may associate the striking of a clock with the serving of dinner, tho the two are not necessarily connected. We charge a person with what we deem blameworthy. We may impute good or evil, but more commonly evil.

   Synonyms:
   assign, associate, attribute, attribute, charge, connect, impute, refer

   Antonyms:
   deny, disconnect, dissociate, separate, sever, sunder

   Preposition:
   It is uncharitable to attribute evil motives to (archaic unto) others.

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1. ascribe

   Synonyms:
   assign, attribute, impute, refer, render, allege, charge

   Antonyms:
   deny, refuse, exclude, dissociate, disconnect, dissever

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1. impute, ascribe, assign, attributeverb

   attribute or credit to

   "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

   Synonyms:
   depute, assign, delegate, designate, specify, attribute, portion, set apart, put, allot, impute, arrogate

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1. ascribeverb

   Synonyms:
   attribute, assign, refer, charge, lay, IMPUTE

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1. ascribeverb

   Synonyms:
   attribute, assign, impute

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1. List of paraphrases for "ascribe":

   attribute

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1. W. Somerset Maugham:

   I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.

2. Nick Merrill:

   I know there's a tendency to ascribe political motives to all she does. But what you saw yesterday was simply a woman who isn't going to stand by and watch other women be bullied, insulted and demeaned, and more broadly, as you heard her say in her speech, when it comes to standing up for core American values, she's going to speak out.

3. Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman:

   If this company sees fit to hire individuals who basically either ascribe to, belong to or [are] sympathetic with terrorist organizations, we’re going to have to take some action on a city level.

4. Keith Smith:

   We see this confluence of motive, where what looks like some recycled criminal malware has been upgraded in a sophisticated way, a lot of people suspect that that's Russia’s attempt to force us as analysts to ascribe to a criminal organization what is in fact the actions of a nation state – Russia.

5. Kathleen Dracup:

   A common response to that anxiety is denial, which leads the individuals experiencing symptoms, as well as their loved ones, to dismiss the symptoms as normal. . . or ascribe them to something else( e.g. fatigue from recent exercise).