7 Letter Words for Ascribe
ascribe, cabries, carbies, caribes
6 Letter Words for Ascribe
braces, braies, braise, brecia, cabers, cabrie, caribe, caries, ceibas, cerias, erbias, ericas, rabies, scrabe, scribe, serbia
5 Letter Words for Ascribe
abies, abris, acerb, acers, acier, acies, acres, acris, aeric, aesir, arces, aries, arise, bares, baric, barie, baris, barse, baser, basic, bears, beira, beisa, besra, bices, biers, birse, brace, braes, breis, bries, brise, caber, cabre, carbs, cares, carib, carse, caser, ceiba, ceras, ceria, cesar, cires, crabs, craie, cribs, cries, crise, erbia, erica, erics, escar, icers, rabic, rabis, races, raise, reais, ribes, rices, saber, sabir, sacre, saice, scare, scrab, scrae, serab, serac, serai, seric, sicer
4 Letter Words for Ascribe
abcs, abir, abri, acer, aces, acre, aire, airs, arbs, arcs, ares, aris, asci, bacs, baic, bare, bari, bars, base, bear, besa, bias, bice, bier, brae, bras, brei, brie, bris, cabs, cair, carb, care, cars, case, ceas, cera, cira, cire, crab, cres, crib, cris, ears, eira, eras, eria, eric, eris, esca, iare, icer, ices, ires, isba, rabi, race, rais, rebs, recs, rias, ribe, ribs, rice, ries, risc, rise, sabe, saic, sair, sare, sari, scab, scar, sear, seir, serb, sice, sier, sire, srac
3 Letter Words for Ascribe
abc, abr, abs, ace, aer, aes, air, ais, arb, arc, are, ars, asb, ase, bac, bae, bai, bar, bas, bec, ber, bes, bis, bra, cab, cai, car, cer, cia, cie, cir, cis, crs, csi, ear, eas, ebs, ecb, eir, era, ers, esc, esr, iba, ice, ira, ire, irs, ise, rab, rai, ras, rbi, rea, reb, rec, rei, res, ria, rib, rie, sab, sac, sai, sar, sbe, sci, scr, sea, sec, sei, ser, sib, sic, sie, sir, sri
Definitions for Ascribe
[1] to credit or assign, as to a cause or source; attribute; impute: The alphabet is usually ascribed to the Phoenicians.
[2] to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic: They ascribed courage to me for something I did out of sheer panic.
[3] to credit or assign, as to a particular origin or period to ascribe parts of a play to Shakespeare
[4] to attribute as a quality; consider as belonging to to ascribe beauty to youth
Words related to Ascribe
attribute, impute, reference, credit, charge, lay, accredit, refer
Words nearby Ascribe
ascorbase, ascorbate, ascorbic acid, ascospore, ascot, ascribe, ascribed status, ascription, ascriptive, ascs, ascu
Origin of Ascribe
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin ascrībere, equivalent to a- a-5 + scrībere to scribe2; replacing Middle English ascrive < Middle French. See shrive
Words that may be confused with Ascribe
ascribe, proscribe, subscribe
Other words from Ascribe
a·scrib·a·ble , adjective
un·as·cribed , adjective
Word origin for Ascribe
C15: from Latin ascrībere to enrol, from ad in addition + scrībere to write
Synonyms for Ascribe
attribute, impute, accredit, charge, credit, lay, refer, reference, hang on, pin on, set down
