Ascription

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ascription \As*crip"tion\, n. [L. ascriptio, fr. ascribere. See
     {Ascribe}.]
     The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also,
     that which is ascribed.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ascription
       n 1: assigning some quality or character to a person or thing;
            "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription
            to me of honors I had not earned" [syn: {attribution}]
       2: assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting
          to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the
          attribution of the painting to Picasso" [syn: {attribution}]