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ascribe | undefined |

As a verb ascribe

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

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

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

    * ----

    undefined

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia undefined) (-)
  • Lacking a definition or value.
  • (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation.
  • The result of division by zero is undefined .

    Antonyms

    * defined