| Ascribe 1. (v. t.) To attribute, impute, assign as 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. 2. (v. t.) To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong. Thesaurus Entries accredit, adduce, advance, affix, allege, apply, assign, attach, attach to, attribute, charge, cite, conjecture, connect with, credit, fasten, fix, give, guess, impute, lay, pin on, place, put, refer, saddle, surmise |