ascribeVerb
[-cribing, -cribed]
1. to attribute, as to a particular origin: headaches which may be ascribed to stress
2. to consider that (a particular quality) is possessed by something or someone: specific human qualities are ascribed to each of the four elements [Latin ad in addition + scribere to write]
ascription nUSAGE: Ascribe is sometimes used where subscribe is meant: I do not subscribe (not ascribe) to this view.