ASCRI'BE, L. ascribo, of ad and scribo, to write.

1. To attribute, impute, or set to, as to a cause to assign, as effect to a cause as, losses are often to be ascribed to imprudence.
2. To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance to consider or allege to belong as, to ascribe perfection to God, or imperfection to man. Job 36 . Psalms 68 . 1 Samuel 18 .