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Asign vs Ascribe - What's the difference?

asign | ascribe |

As a verb ascribe is

to attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.

asign

Not English

Asign has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'asign':

acacin, assign, ashcan, axicon, achkan

ascribe

English

Verb

(ascrib)
  • To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
  • One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
  • To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
  • It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.

    Synonyms

    * attribute * impute

    Derived terms

    * ascribable

    Anagrams

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