ascribed

Meanings

• Verb

  To assign or attribute a quality, feature, or role to (someone or something).

  - "The teacher ascribed the student's poor performance to a lack of effort."
  - "The detective ascribed the crime to a jealous ex-lover."

• Verb

  To describe or represent (something) as having a particular quality or characteristic.

  - "The painting ascribes a sense of tranquility to the scene."
  - "The author ascribes deep meaning to seemingly ordinary events."

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Synonyms

attribute , impute

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with ascribed
describe , prescribe , inscribe , subscribe

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Variants

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ascribed , ascribable , ascribe , ascribes , ascribing

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Forms

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The past tense and past participle of ascribe is ascribed.

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Etymology

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From Old French ascribir, from Latin assignare, from ad ‘to’ + signare ‘to mark’.

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Trivia

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1. The word ascribe comes from the Latin word signare, which means 'to mark' or 'to sign'.

2. The longest word that can be made using the letters in the word 'ascribe' is 'scabries' which means 'a scabby disease'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Assign: To give or allocate a task, responsibility, or role to someone.

2. Attribute: To recognize or believe that a quality or feature is caused by or belongs to a particular person or thing.

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Culture

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In literature, ascribed is often used to describe how characters are portrayed or perceived by others. In art, it can refer to the attribution of works to specific artists or schools.

How to Memorize "ascribed"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine the teacher writing the student's name next to 'lack of effort' on the chalkboard.
   - Visualize the detective pointing to a suspect and saying 'this is the one who did it'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of a teacher grading papers and assigning grades.
   - Associate the word with the image of a detective solving a crime.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the acronym ASCRIBE to remember the definition: Assign, Sign, Characterize, Recognize, Identify, Believe, Explain.

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