Английский Этимологический словарь - ascribe
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~ v ascribe sth to sb/sth phr v formal 1 to believe that something happens or exists because of someone or something else (The melody is ascribed to Bach. | They ascribe the country's difficulties to the last government's policies.) 2 to believe something or someone has a particular quality (The Malays ascribe healing properties to this fruit.) - ascribable adj ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(ascribes, ascribing, ascribed) 1. If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. (FORMAL) An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby’s death to sudden infant death syndrome. = attribute VERB: V n to n 2. If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it. (FORMAL) We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state. = attribute VERB: V n to n 3. If you ascribe something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it. (FORMAL) He mistakenly ascribes the expression ‘survival of the fittest’ to Charles Darwin. = attribute VERB: V n to n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (~d; ascribing) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~re, from ad- + scribere to write — more at scribe Date: 15th century to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author • ascribable adjective Synonyms: ~, attribute, assign, impute, credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing. ~ suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship forged paintings formerly ~d to masters. attribute suggests less tentativeness than ~, less definiteness than assign attributed to Rembrandt but possibly done by an associate. assign implies ascribing with certainty or after deliberation assigned the bones to the Cretaceous Period. impute suggests ascribing something that brings discredit by way of accusation or blame tried to impute sinister motives to my actions. credit implies ascribing a thing or especially an action to a person or other thing as its agent, source, or explanation credited his teammates for his success. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (usu. foll. by to) 1 attribute or impute (ascribes his well-being to a sound constitution). 2 regard as belonging. Derivatives ascribable adj. Etymology: ME f. L ascribere (as AD-, scribere script- write) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. приписывать to ascribe a quality to smb. —- приписывать кому-либо качество this play is sometimes ascribed to Sharespeare —- эту пьесу иногда приписывают Шекспиру 2. относить за счет (чего-либо) his death was ascribed to poison —- считают, что он был отравлен his success can be ascribed to talent and hard work —- его успех можно отнести за счет таланта и упорной работы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. приписывать (to - кому-л.) this poem is ascribed to Lermontov - это стихотворение приписывается Лермонтову ...Англо-русский словарь
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