ascription Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun assigning some quality or character to a person or thing
    attribution.
    • the attribution of language to birds
    • the ascription to me of honors I had not earned
  2. noun assigning to a cause or source
    attribution.
    • the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath
    • he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso

WordNet

As*crip"tion noun
Etymology
L. ascriptio, fr. ascribere. See Ascribe.
Definitions
  1. The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.

Webster 1913