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Ascribed vs Escribed - What's the difference?

ascribed | escribed |

As verbs the difference between ascribed and escribed

is that ascribed is (ascribe) while escribed is (escribe).

ascribed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (ascribe)

    • Anagrams

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    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

    Related terms

    * ascription * ascriptive

    Anagrams

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    escribed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (escribe)

    • escribe

    English

    Verb

    (escrib)
  • (geometry) To draw outside of; used to designate a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the other two sides produced.
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