1
[ verb ] attribute to a source or cause

Examples

"We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

As_long_as his material is Americana , can in_some_way be ascribed to the masses and appears `` democratic '' to his audience , he remains satisfied .

2
[ verb ] attribute or credit to

Examples

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

3
[ verb ] make undue claims to having

Synonyms

assign arrogate

Used in print

(Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)

Following observation of the fact that the reaction rates of supposedly identical reaction mixtures prepared on the same filling manifold and exposed under identical conditions often differed by several hundred per_cent , a systematic series of experiments was undertaken to see whether the difficulty could be ascribed to the method of preparing the chlorine , to the effects of oxygen or moisture or to the effect of surface to volume ratio in the reaction tubes .

Related terms

claim arrogator

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