ascribe

ascribe is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To attribute, impute, or refer, as to 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To attribute, impute, or refer, as to 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. transitive verb. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
3. verb. attribute or credit to

   "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"

   "People impute great cleverness to cats"

   Synonyms: assign, attribute, impute

Synonyms

assign, attribute, impute

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ascribe:

brescia, caribes

Common word forms

ascribed, ascribes, ascribing

Words from these letters

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