ascribev.

Brit.

/əˈskrʌɪb/, U.S.

/əˈskraɪb/

Forms: Middle English–1600s ascrive, Middle English ascryve, asscribe, 1500s ascrybe, 1500s–1600s adscribe1500s– ascribe.

Etymology: < Old French ascriv- stem of ascrire, cognate with Italian ascrivere, < Latin ascrībĕre, adscrībĕre, < ad- to + scrībĕre to write. In 16th cent. altered to ascribe after Latin, though ascrive was occasionally used till late in the 17th cent. The historical appearance of the senses in English does not correspond with the logical development in Latin.

I. To write into; to add to a writing, register, list, etc.

†1. transitive. To annex or add in writing, to subscribe:

a. to subjoin (one's name). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > insert in writing

to write inc1384

insert1533

set1535

ascribe1648

append1843

1648 F. Nethersole Ὁ Αυτο-κατακριτος 3 The ascribing of my name would..have substracted from..the weight of those discourses.

b. to subjoin one's name to (a document). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 103 Beare it [sc. an edict] my fellow Consul to ascribe.

†2. To inscribe, dedicate to. (So in Old French.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > dedicate writing to

directc1374

inscrive1382

entitlea1464

dedicate1542

ascribea1555

inscribea1650

society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (transitive)] > dedicate to

nuncupate1550

ascribea1555

impatronagea1628

inscribea1650

a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 328 Unto those [Princes] also the sentences and arguments ought to be ascribed.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Cii^v The secound pillor called Dorica, being ascribed to Hercules.

†3. To enrol, register, reckon in a class. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > enter on record

writeOE

setc1175

embreve?c1225

enrolc1350

enter1389

rollc1400

enact1467

act1475

enchroniclea1513

ascribe1532

re-enter1535

to put down1574

register1597

inscroll1600

emologea1639

spread1823

to book in1860

to sign on1879

log1889

sign1894

to sign out1916

to sign in1924

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 376/1 Ascribed..into the noumber of his elect and peculier chosen people.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 174 She died, and was ascribed emonge the sainctes.

1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 18 Desiring you to ascribe them to the number of your confederates.

1680 J. Aubrey in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) II. 632 He would long since have been ascribed a member there.

†4. To appoint (to a vacancy). (So in Old French.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)]

setc1000

stevenOE

assign1297

inseta1300

stable1300

ordaina1325

instituec1384

to put ina1387

limitc1405

point?1405

stablish1439

institutec1475

invest1489

assumec1503

to fill the hands of1535

establish1548

settle1548

appoint1557

place1563

assumptc1571

dispose1578

seat1595

state1604

instate1613

to bring ina1616

officea1616

constitute1616

impose1617

ascribe1624

install1647

to set up1685

prick1788

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 272 One of the Priests of the foresaid number dyed, neyther..was any agreed upon or thought fit to be ascribed into his place.

II. To enter into an account, to reckon, count.

a. transitive. To enter (a thing) to in an account, to set it to the credit of; to assign, attribute, impute, refer as due or owing to.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > assign as properly relating to

ascribe1382

titlec1425

adscribe1534

credit1563

arrogate1584

to give a person credit for1641

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xii. 28 Lest..to my name the victorie be ascrived.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxvi. f. cxxxvi The which dede he asscribed chefely vnto Harolde.

1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 286/2 Al which miracles al those blessed saintes do ascribe vnto the worke of god.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 37 The same Græcians did often ascribe madnesse to the operation of the Eumenides.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 321. ¶6 This Speech is..the finest that is ascribed to Satan in the whole Poem.

1746 S. Johnson Plan Dict. 25 We usually ascribe good, but impute evil.

1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. viii. 159 Others ascribed the whole disaster to the use of small notes.

1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) v. xxxiii. 193 The invention of clocks is variously ascribed to the sixth and ninth centuries.

†b. elliptical (intransitive). To give or attribute credit to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] > attribute credit

ascribe1603

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. ii. 56 Some..againe did as greatly admire, and ascribe vnto it.

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xvii. 393 Many are apt to ascribe too unlimitedly to the Force of a good meaning.

6. To reckon or count to, as a property or characteristic (rarely as a material possession); to consider or allege as belonging to, to claim for.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute

puta1382

applya1393

suppose?a1425

ascribec1475

attach?1531

attribute1533

adscribe1534

assign?1541

allude1561

repose1561

predicate1614

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 110 Þei chalang not þis only þat is ascriuid, but þei tak a vey all þingis fro alle men.

1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Q iv The forsayde vtilites..be ascriued to prunes of Armeny.

1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 448 This sea also is ascribed by som to the King of Great Britain.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 492 The use, which he adscribes to the Brain.

1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. ii. ii. 93 The conclusion which ascribes to the lands of Trahour the site of an ancient Church.

1880 G. P. Morris Poems 163 Ascribing with the true and just All ‘holiness unto the Lord.’

†7. To reckon, reckon up, count. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)]

rimeeOE

arimec885

atellc885

talec897

i-telle971

tellOE

readc1225

reckon?c1225

aima1375

numbera1382

denumber1382

accounta1393

casta1400

countc1400

umberc1400

ascribe1432

annumerate?a1475

to sum upa1475

annumbera1500

ennumber1535

reckon?1537

tally1542

compute1579

recount1581

rate1599

catalogize1602

to add up1611

suma1616

enumeratea1649

numerate1657

to run up1830

to figure out1834

figure1854

to count up1872

enumer1936

1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) 37 Þe Romanes..ascribede theire yeres from the begynnenge of theire cite y-made.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 586 Sotacus ascribeth and setteth downe fiue sundry kinds of the load-stone.

†8. with complement. To reckon, consider as. reflexive. To reckon oneself, claim, pretend to be. (So in Old French.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as

telleOE

talec897

seeOE

letc1000

holdc1200

reckon1340

aima1382

accounta1387

counta1387

judgec1390

takea1400

countc1400

receivec1400

existimatec1430

to look on ——?c1430

makec1440

reputea1449

suppose1474

treatc1485

determinea1513

recount?c1525

esteem1526

believe1533

estimate?1533

ascribe1535

consider1539

regard1547

count1553

to look upon ——1553

take1561

reck1567

eye?1593

censure1597

subscribe1600

perhibit1613

behold1642

resent1642

attributea1657

fancy1662

vogue1675

decount1762

to put down1788

to set down1798

rate1854

have1867

mean1878

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 504 Ane lord thair wes than in Northumberland..Ascryvand him to be of Danis blude.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 232 Hereupon the Athenians doe ascribe that daye, for a most vnfortunate daye.

9. Perhaps an error for describe v. But cf. 5.

ΚΠ

1570 tr. S. Brandt Ship of Fooles f. 217 Suche a wise man as Virgil doth ascribe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ascribe
释义	ascribev. Brit. /əˈskrʌɪb/, U.S. /əˈskraɪb/ Forms: Middle English–1600s ascrive, Middle English ascryve, asscribe, 1500s ascrybe, 1500s–1600s adscribe1500s– ascribe. Etymology: < Old French ascriv- stem of ascrire, cognate with Italian ascrivere, < Latin ascrībĕre, adscrībĕre, < ad- to + scrībĕre to write. In 16th cent. altered to ascribe after Latin, though ascrive was occasionally used till late in the 17th cent. The historical appearance of the senses in English does not correspond with the logical development in Latin. I. To write into; to add to a writing, register, list, etc. †1. transitive. To annex or add in writing, to subscribe: a. to subjoin (one's name). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > insert in writing to write inc1384 insert1533 set1535 ascribe1648 append1843 1648 F. Nethersole Ὁ Αυτο-κατακριτος 3 The ascribing of my name would..have substracted from..the weight of those discourses. b. to subjoin one's name to (a document). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus v. i. 103 Beare it [sc. an edict] my fellow Consul to ascribe. †2. To inscribe, dedicate to. (So in Old French.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [verb (transitive)] > dedicate writing to directc1374 inscrive1382 entitlea1464 dedicate1542 ascribea1555 inscribea1650 society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [verb (transitive)] > dedicate to nuncupate1550 ascribea1555 impatronagea1628 inscribea1650 a1555 J. Philpot tr. C. S. Curione Def. Authority Christ's Church in R. Eden Exam. & Writings J. Philpot (1842) (modernized text) 328 Unto those [Princes] also the sentences and arguments ought to be ascribed. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Cii^v The secound pillor called Dorica, being ascribed to Hercules. †3. To enrol, register, reckon in a class. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > written record > record in writing [verb (transitive)] > enter on record writeOE setc1175 embreve?c1225 enrolc1350 enter1389 rollc1400 enact1467 act1475 enchroniclea1513 ascribe1532 re-enter1535 to put down1574 register1597 inscroll1600 emologea1639 spread1823 to book in1860 to sign on1879 log1889 sign1894 to sign out1916 to sign in1924 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 376/1 Ascribed..into the noumber of his elect and peculier chosen people. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 174 She died, and was ascribed emonge the sainctes. 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 18 Desiring you to ascribe them to the number of your confederates. 1680 J. Aubrey in J. Walker Lett. Eminent Persons (1813) II. 632 He would long since have been ascribed a member there. †4. To appoint (to a vacancy). (So in Old French.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] setc1000 stevenOE assign1297 inseta1300 stable1300 ordaina1325 instituec1384 to put ina1387 limitc1405 point?1405 stablish1439 institutec1475 invest1489 assumec1503 to fill the hands of1535 establish1548 settle1548 appoint1557 place1563 assumptc1571 dispose1578 seat1595 state1604 instate1613 to bring ina1616 officea1616 constitute1616 impose1617 ascribe1624 install1647 to set up1685 prick1788 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vi. 272 One of the Priests of the foresaid number dyed, neyther..was any agreed upon or thought fit to be ascribed into his place. II. To enter into an account, to reckon, count. 5. a. transitive. To enter (a thing) to in an account, to set it to the credit of; to assign, attribute, impute, refer as due or owing to. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > assign as properly relating to ascribe1382 titlec1425 adscribe1534 credit1563 arrogate1584 to give a person credit for1641 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xii. 28 Lest..to my name the victorie be ascrived. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxvi. f. cxxxvi The which dede he asscribed chefely vnto Harolde. 1528 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 286/2 Al which miracles al those blessed saintes do ascribe vnto the worke of god. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 37 The same Græcians did often ascribe madnesse to the operation of the Eumenides. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 321. ¶6 This Speech is..the finest that is ascribed to Satan in the whole Poem. 1746 S. Johnson Plan Dict. 25 We usually ascribe good, but impute evil. 1833 H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker i. viii. 159 Others ascribed the whole disaster to the use of small notes. 1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) v. xxxiii. 193 The invention of clocks is variously ascribed to the sixth and ninth centuries. †b. elliptical (intransitive). To give or attribute credit to. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] > attribute credit ascribe1603 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. ii. 56 Some..againe did as greatly admire, and ascribe vnto it. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xvii. 393 Many are apt to ascribe too unlimitedly to the Force of a good meaning. 6. To reckon or count to, as a property or characteristic (rarely as a material possession); to consider or allege as belonging to, to claim for. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere in or be an attribute of [verb (transitive)] > attribute or ascribe as an attribute puta1382 applya1393 suppose?a1425 ascribec1475 attach?1531 attribute1533 adscribe1534 assign?1541 allude1561 repose1561 predicate1614 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 110 Þei chalang not þis only þat is ascriuid, but þei tak a vey all þingis fro alle men. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. Q iv The forsayde vtilites..be ascriued to prunes of Armeny. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 448 This sea also is ascribed by som to the King of Great Britain. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 492 The use, which he adscribes to the Brain. 1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. ii. ii. 93 The conclusion which ascribes to the lands of Trahour the site of an ancient Church. 1880 G. P. Morris Poems 163 Ascribing with the true and just All ‘holiness unto the Lord.’ †7. To reckon, reckon up, count. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > number, calculate, or reckon [verb (transitive)] rimeeOE arimec885 atellc885 talec897 i-telle971 tellOE readc1225 reckon?c1225 aima1375 numbera1382 denumber1382 accounta1393 casta1400 countc1400 umberc1400 ascribe1432 annumerate?a1475 to sum upa1475 annumbera1500 ennumber1535 reckon?1537 tally1542 compute1579 recount1581 rate1599 catalogize1602 to add up1611 suma1616 enumeratea1649 numerate1657 to run up1830 to figure out1834 figure1854 to count up1872 enumer1936 1432–50 tr. Higden (1865) 37 Þe Romanes..ascribede theire yeres from the begynnenge of theire cite y-made. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 586 Sotacus ascribeth and setteth downe fiue sundry kinds of the load-stone. †8. with complement. To reckon, consider as. reflexive. To reckon oneself, claim, pretend to be. (So in Old French.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > appraise, estimate [verb (transitive)] > consider to be, account as telleOE talec897 seeOE letc1000 holdc1200 reckon1340 aima1382 accounta1387 counta1387 judgec1390 takea1400 countc1400 receivec1400 existimatec1430 to look on ——?c1430 makec1440 reputea1449 suppose1474 treatc1485 determinea1513 recount?c1525 esteem1526 believe1533 estimate?1533 ascribe1535 consider1539 regard1547 count1553 to look upon ——1553 take1561 reck1567 eye?1593 censure1597 subscribe1600 perhibit1613 behold1642 resent1642 attributea1657 fancy1662 vogue1675 decount1762 to put down1788 to set down1798 rate1854 have1867 mean1878 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 504 Ane lord thair wes than in Northumberland..Ascryvand him to be of Danis blude. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 232 Hereupon the Athenians doe ascribe that daye, for a most vnfortunate daye. 9. Perhaps an error for describe v. But cf. 5. ΚΠ 1570 tr. S. Brandt Ship of Fooles f. 217 Suche a wise man as Virgil doth ascribe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1382
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