ascribe
verb
[ əˈskrʌɪb ]
• regard something as being due to (a cause).
• "he ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach"
Similar:
attribute,
assign,
put down,
set down,
accredit,
credit,
give the credit for,
chalk up,
impute,
lay on,
pin on,
blame on,
lay at the door of,
connect with,
associate with,
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin ascribere, from ad- ‘to’ + scribere ‘write’.
