Definition of "ascribes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe. (verb)

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• "This is the one insight into psychical reality that Frankenstein ascribes to a female character."
• "He distinguishes it at any rate from the other "Flyting," which he definitely and by name ascribes to _Helgakviða_."
• "But I guess by your line of thinking, the legal system also "ascribes" innocence where guilt is unproven."