ascribe

IPA: ʌskrˈaɪb

(transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
(transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
(nonstandard, with to) To believe in or agree with; subscribe.

Examples of "ascribe" in Sentences

David asked about the word ascribe which literally means "to write."
But both terms ascribe a kind of grandeur to the Bush proposal that it lacks.
Give -- or, "ascribe" (De 32: 3). mighty -- or, "sons of the mighty" (Ps 89: 6).
Do you as a Born Again ascribe to the “scriptures” that the sons of Ham are cursed with black skin?
Give -- or, "ascribe" (Ps 29: 1) due honor to Him, by acts of appointed and solemn worship in His house.
And I'm just telling you, I did my duty, and it's politics, you know, to kind of ascribe all kinds of motives to me.
Despite my increasingly regrettable jest, I'm actually aware that people are rarely hold the cartoonish views that single-word labels ascribe to them.
What he means by that is when some work or action is ascribed to someone the word ascribe is chosen because we are happy about whatever the story entails.