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ascription
[ uh-skrip-shuhn ]
ascription
/ əˈskrɪpʃən; ədˈskrɪpʃən /
noun
- the act of ascribing
- a statement ascribing something to someone, esp praise to God
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ascription1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ascription1
C16: from Latin ascrīptiō, from ascrībere to ascribe
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Example Sentences
The first of these divisions begins, and the last ends, with an exclamatory ascription of thanks to God.
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Anthropopathism, an-thro-pop′a-thizm, n. the ascription to the Deity of human passions and affections—also Anthropop′athy.
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This ascription of extraordinary powers to ordinary people is another sign that affection is pushing common sense from his throne.
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Major, Mr. Brown insists, is "the sole authority for the ascription to James of the vernacular poems."
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Spencer has always, in my opinion with full right, repudiated the ascription of materialism.
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