ascription

[ uh-skrip-shuhn ]

/ əˈskrɪp ʃən /

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noun

the act of ascribing.

a statement ascribing something, especially praise to the Deity.

Also ad·scrip·tion

[ad-skrip-shuhn] /ædˈskrɪp ʃən/ .

Origin of ascription

1590–1600; <Latin ascrīptiōn- (stem of ascrīptiō) a written addition. See a-⁵, script, -ion

Words nearby ascription

ascorbic acid, ascospore, ascot, ascribe, ascribed status, ascription, ascriptive, ASCS, ASCU, Asculum, ascus

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Example sentences from the Web for ascription

After a period of ascription to Titian, this portrait is now re-assigned to Palma; see below, p. 315.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
Moussorgsky I have styled a "primitive," and I fancy it is as good an ascription as another.
Ivory Apes and Peacocks|James Huneker
The ascription to him of this inferior work is decidedly doubtful.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools|Various
Never can love make consciousness and ascription equal in force.
Essays, Second Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson

Major, Mr. Brown insists, is "the sole authority for the ascription to James of the vernacular poems."
Ephemera Critica|John Churton Collins

British Dictionary definitions for ascription

ascription

adscription (ədˈskrɪpʃən)

/ (əˈskrɪpʃən) /

noun

the act of ascribing

a statement ascribing something to someone, esp praise to God

Word Origin for ascription

C16: from Latin ascrīptiō, from ascrībere to ascribe

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	ascription
释义	ascription [ uh-skrip-shuhn ] / əˈskrɪp ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ascription ON THESAURUS.COM noun the act of ascribing. a statement ascribing something, especially praise to the Deity. Also ad·scrip·tion [ad-skrip-shuhn] /ædˈskrɪp ʃən/ . Origin of ascription 1590–1600; <Latin ascrīptiōn- (stem of ascrīptiō) a written addition. See a-⁵, script, -ion Words nearby ascription ascorbic acid, ascospore, ascot, ascribe, ascribed status, ascription, ascriptive, ASCS, ASCU, Asculum, ascus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ascription After a period of ascription to Titian, this portrait is now re-assigned to Palma; see below, p. 315. A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools\|Various Moussorgsky I have styled a "primitive," and I fancy it is as good an ascription as another. Ivory Apes and Peacocks\|James Huneker The ascription to him of this inferior work is decidedly doubtful. A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools\|Various Never can love make consciousness and ascription equal in force. Essays, Second Series\|Ralph Waldo Emerson Major, Mr. Brown insists, is "the sole authority for the ascription to James of the vernacular poems." Ephemera Critica\|John Churton Collins British Dictionary definitions for ascription ascription adscription (ədˈskrɪpʃən) / (əˈskrɪpʃən) / noun the act of ascribing a statement ascribing something to someone, esp praise to God Word Origin for ascription C16: from Latin ascrīptiō, from ascrībere to ascribe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ascription credit, acknowledgment, recognition, assignment, adscription
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ascription

noun

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adscription (ədˈskrɪpʃən)

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