ascribe meaning

Definition of ascribe

1. attribute or credit to
   • We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
   • People impute great cleverness to cats

   Synonyms: impute, assign, attribute

   Type of: evaluate

   Kinds: impute, sensualize, credit, reattribute, anthropomorphize, personify, accredit, blame, project, internalize

   Related forms: ascribable, ascription

How to pronounce ascribe

ascribe is pronounced /əˈskraɪb/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with ascribe

• describe
• subscribe
• bribe
• transcribe
• circumscribe
• jibe
• imbibe
• inscribe
• prescribe
• proscribe
• gibe
• vibe
• tribe