Ascribe vs Honour - What's the difference?

Ascribe is a related term of honour.

is to attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.

, a less common spelling of honor.

(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.

* attribute * impute

* ascribable

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* 1902 , Richard Francis Weymouth, Translation of the New Testament of the Bible , Book 60, 1 Peter 2:4:

Come to Him, the ever-living Stone, rejected indeed by men as worthless, but in God's esteem chosen and held in honour .

* (rfdate), Shakespeare:

If she have forgot / Honour and virtue.

* (rfdate), Milton:

Godlike erect, with native honour clad.

(en verb)