ascribed

VERB

assign to source

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attribute impute

STRONG

accredit charge credit lay refer reference

WEAK

hang on pin on set down

Example Sentences

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When StepStone adds the investment to its own portfolio, however, it typically values it at the higher price ascribed to the investment by the fund where it came from.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Liberty ascribed NV Energy’s decision to new “market circumstances” in the latter’s home service region.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

"I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser," he said.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The plaintive observation, ascribed to the early Victorian British Prime Minister Viscount Melbourne about the acerbically self-confident historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, remains the motto of the thoughtfully skeptical man through the ages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

He may have ascribed too much free will to his mentor.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik