ascribe
to attribute something to a cause or source
Roots
- ad- / a-: to, toward, added onto, or intensified
- scrib / script: write, draw, or mark
Other words with the scrib / script root
- circumscribe: to limit or draw around
- describe: to say or write what something is like
- inscribe: to write or carve onto something
- inscription: words written or carved onto a surface
- manuscript: a handwritten or typed draft of a text
- prescribe: to officially recommend or order
- proscribe: to forbid officially
A-/ad- gives toward and scribe gives write. To ascribe is to write or assign something toward a source.
The reviewer ascribed the success to careful editing, not luck.