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. Ben Carson:

   People tend to ascribe to Adventism any weird thing they have heard about religion because they don't really know, adventism believes the entirety of the Bible.

2. James Hansen:

   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.

3. W. Somerset Maugham:

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

4. Eric Hoffer:

   They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

5. Howard Schultz:

   I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It's seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It's seeing what other people don't see And pursuing that vision.

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