ascribe
verb (used with object)
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute.
ascribable
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a word derived from
ascribe.
Example Sentences
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In March 2018, Professor Ronell pointedly complained that Mr. Reitman had a penchant for “comparing me to the most egregious examples of predatory behaviors ascribable to Hollywood moguls who habitually go after starlets.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2018
DONTNOD, meanwhile, still have something to prove – the reception to Remember Me was warm, but highlighted problems potentially ascribable to its long and problematic development.
From Forbes ● Aug. 11, 2014
Musical comedy hath few charms not ascribable to Oh, Kay.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Her achievements are not ascribable merely to the accident of birth, but to qualities which many women must cultivate today: perseverance, courage, intellectual concern."
From Time Magazine Archive
Again, the adynamia of malarial attacks is generally ascribable to some cause not essential to those affections.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
