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ascription

/uh-skrip-shuhn/US // əˈskrɪp ʃən //UK // (əˈskrɪpʃən) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of ascribing.
    • : a statement ascribing something, especially praise to the Deity.

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Examples

  • The first of these divisions begins, and the last ends, with an exclamatory ascription of thanks to God.

  • Anthropopathism, an-thro-pop′a-thizm, n. the ascription to the Deity of human passions and affections—also Anthropop′athy.

  • This ascription of extraordinary powers to ordinary people is another sign that affection is pushing common sense from his throne.

  • Major, Mr. Brown insists, is "the sole authority for the ascription to James of the vernacular poems."

  • Spencer has always, in my opinion with full right, repudiated the ascription of materialism.