ascribe
verb (used with object)
to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute.
will ascribe
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future tenseof ascribe.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And, true to Singler’s suggestion that humans will ascribe a bit of soul to just about anything that moves, I feel passing sympathy even for these tortured components.
From The Verge ● May 4, 2022
Clinton, doing her best to maintain a smile, said, “That’s not a view I will ascribe to.”
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2015
Well, the reality is that we really need to start expanding our view of who we will ascribe opportunities for redemption to.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2015
And the idea that people will ascribe worth to things in an environment that doesn't demand it suggests that Simmel's philosophy of money itself has value.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2011
And old Jack will ascribe it all to my wayward mood; he'll think I have found it too dull down here.
From Five Little Plays by Alfred Sutro
