verb
to attribute or credit to a particular cause, source, or origin
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Many historians ascribe the fall of the Roman Empire to a combination of internal weaknesses and external pressures.
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Some people ascribe his success to luck, but I think it's more about hard work.
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I don't know why she's always ascribing drama to everything.
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She likes to ascribe human emotions to her cat, saying he looks sad when he's really just sleepy.