ascriptĭo

  • 1Ascription — As*crip tion, n. [L. ascriptio, fr. ascribere. See {Ascribe}.] The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2ascription — noun Etymology: Late Latin ascription , ascriptio, from Latin, written addition, from ascribere Date: 1598 1. the act of ascribing ; attribution 2. arbitrary placement (as at birth) in a particular social status …

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  • 3ascription — /euh skrip sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of ascribing. 2. a statement ascribing something, esp. praise to the Deity. Also, adscription. [1590 1600; < L ascription (s. of ascriptio) a written addition. See A 5, SCRIPT, ION] * * * …

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  • 4ascription — (n.) 1590s, action of adding in writing; c.1600, attribution of authorship or origin, from L. ascriptionem (nom. ascriptio) an addition in writing, noun of action from pp. stem of ascribere (see ASCRIBE (Cf. ascribe)) …

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  • 5ascription — as•crip•tion [[t]əˈskrɪp ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of ascribing 2) a statement ascribing something, esp. praise to the Deity • Etymology: 1590–1600; &LT; L ascrīptiō a written addition. See ascribe, tion …

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  • 6addition — Addition, Ascriptio Additio, Adiectio, Accessio: Appendix, Auctarium, Corrolarium, Supplementum, Additamentum …

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  • 7ascription — [ə skrip′shən] n. [L ascriptio &LT; pp. of ascribere, ASCRIBE] 1. the act of ascribing or being ascribed 2. a statement that ascribes; specif., a prayer or text ascribing glory to God …

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  • 8ascription — n. 1 the act or an instance of ascribing. 2 a preacher s words ascribing praise to God at the end of a sermon. Etymology: L ascriptio onis (as ASCRIBE) …

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  • 9adscription — (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷pshən noun ( s) Etymology: Latin adscription , adscriptio, ascription , ascriptio written addition (influenced in meaning by Medieval Latin adscriptitius) more at ascription : the quality or state of being added, annexed, or bound&#8230; …

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  • 10as|crip|tion — «uh SKRIHP shuhn», noun. 1. the act of ascribing: »the ascription of selfishness to a miser. 2. a statement or words ascribing something. Also, adscription. ╂[&LT; Latin ascrīptiō, ōnis addition &LT; ascrībere ascribe] …

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