To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something. One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them. Etymology: From ascrivre, from ascribo, from ad + scribo, from skrep-. Cognate with screpan.

What is ascribe biblically?

ascribe, attribute, assign, impute, credit mean to lay something to the account of a person or thing. ascribe suggests an inferring or conjecturing of cause, quality, authorship.

What does it mean to ascribe to something?

formal. : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with (something or someone) : assign, credit, or blame They ascribed his illness to chemicals in his brain. The author ascribes the economy's success to the current government.