as|crip|tion

as|crip|tion
as|crip|tion «uh SKRIHP shuhn», noun.
1. the act of ascribing: »

the ascription of selfishness to a miser.

2. a statement or words ascribing something. Also, adscription.
[< Latin ascrīptiō, -ōnis addition < ascrībere ascribe]

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