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general::
ascribe sth to sth
formal
to believe or say that something is caused by something else
• To what do you ascribe your phenomenal success?, ascribe sth to sb/sth
formal
to believe that someone or something has a particular quality
• People like to ascribe human feelings to animals., ascribe sth to sb
formal
to believe that something was said, written or created by a particular person
• After years of research, scholars have finally ascribed this anonymous play to Christopher Marlowe.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs