ascribe
verb (used with object)
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute.
have been ascribing
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present perfect progressiveof ascribe.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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He said people probably have been ascribing feelings and personalities to animals since before there were pets.
From Washington Post
In the privacy of my own mind I have been ascribing this slight reformation to the most ordinary cause,—namely, a Particular Man.
From Marm Lisa by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
