To assign or attribute as proper to.

transitive. To apply or ascribe specially or exclusively; (in passive) to be appropriate for, characteristic of, or proper to a person or thing.

To assign or attribute as properly pertaining to; to attribute specially or exclusively. archaic.

To ascribe to as belonging or proper; to consider or view as belonging or appropriate to.

To attribute in thought or speech; to ascribe, assign. †Formerly often, to ascribe (a literary work) to a person as author. Obsolete.