ascribe
verb (used with object)
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute.
had been ascribing
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past perfect progressiveof ascribe.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He had been ascribing to the weight or pressure of the pipe the face-twist which, when it was removed, showed as a slight distortion.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
