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ascribable
as·cribe A0455600 (ə-skrīb′)tr.v. as·cribed, as·crib·ing, as·cribes 1. To regard as arising from a specified cause or source: "Other people ascribe his exclusion from the canon to an unsubtle form of racism" (Daniel Pinchbeck). See Synonyms at attribute.2. To regard as belonging to or produced by a specified agent, place, or time: ascribed the poem to Shakespeare.
[Middle English ascriben, from Old French ascrivre, from Latin ascrībere : ad-, ad- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
a·scrib′a·ble adj.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | ascribable - capable of being assigned or credited to; "punctuation errors ascribable to careless proofreading"; "the cancellation of the concert was due to the rain"; "the oversight was not imputable to him"imputable, referable, dueattributable - capable of being attributed; "the collapse of the movement was attributable to a lack of morale"; "an idea attributable to a Russian" |
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