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Synonyms for ascribe
əˈskraɪbas·cribe
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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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, referAntonyms:
deny, disconnect, dissociate, separate, sever, sunderPreposition:
It is uncharitable to attribute evil motives to (archaic unto) others.
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List of paraphrases for "ascribe":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#679 | put | |
#1453 | charge | |
#1819 | connect | |
#2475 | associate | |
#2884 | refer | |
#3269 | portion | |
#3823 | specify | |
#4389 | attribute | |
#8011 | assign | |
#9759 | render | |
#11722 | delegate | |
#13120 | designate | |
#34397 | allege | |
#45153 | allot | |
#52445 | ascribe | |
#93239 | impute | |
#154121 | depute | |
#248023 | arrogate |
How to use ascribe in a sentence?
I would like to draw three main conclusions, number one, the Earth is warmer in 1988 than at any time in the history of instrumental measurements. Number two, the global warming is now large enough that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship to the greenhouse effect. And number three, our computer climate simulations indicate that the greenhouse effect is already large enough to begin to affect the probability of extreme events such as summer heat waves.
I don't know why it is that the religious never ascribe common sense to God.
I think that we tend to hear about people who die by suicide when it's in a surprising group, we look at young female college athletes and we think,' wow, they have everything.' But we don't take a closer look at what's going on with them... Often we ascribe to them that they're doing great and we don't ask them,' how are you doing ?'.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
I ascribe to Mark Twain’s theory that the last person who should be President is the one who wants it the most. The one who should be picked is the one who should be dragged kicking and screaming into the White House.
Translations for ascribe
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- نسب لArabic
- приписвамBulgarian
- zuschreibenGerman
- αποδίδωGreek
- alskribiEsperanto
- imputar, atribuir, adscribirSpanish
- liittää, johtua, yhdistää, aiheutuaFinnish
- attribuer, imputer, accuserFrench
- attribuire, ascrivereItalian
- לְשַׁיֵךHebrew
- ...에 돌리다Korean
- addīcōLatin
- toeschrijven, wijtenDutch
- tilskriveNorwegian
- atribuirPortuguese
- приписыватьRussian
- skrivaSwedish
- อ้างThai
- atfedilmişTurkish
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